"Kevin McCarthy's Last-Ditch Efforts to Avert US Government Shutdown"

The US government is on the brink of a shutdown as House Republicans are expected to oppose a last-minute funding proposal in the Senate. The Senate has passed a short-term funding bill with bipartisan support, but at least nine hardline members of House leader Kevin McCarthy's Republican majority are refusing to back any stopgap measure. McCarthy has not committed to bringing the Senate bill to the House floor and instead suggested addressing border security in the bill. The possibility of a shutdown increases as conflicting funding plans continue between the Senate and the House.