Senate Democrats on Friday offered Republicans a compromise to end the shutdown that would include a one-year extension of Obamacare subsidies.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had proposed extending expiring healthcare subsidies for one year as part of a measure to break the monthlong logjam.

Senate Republicans and Democrats have rejected alternating proposals to fund the federal government and end the record 38-day government shutdown.

An appeals court has denied the Trump administration's request to lift a judge's order that it fully fund SNAP for November, as several states have already begun issuing benefits.

The government is shut down because Democrats are demanding billions of new taxpayer dollars to prop up Obamacare.

Senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the government shutdown began more than a month ago, hoping to find bipartisan resolution that has so far eluded them as government workers have gone unpaid,

The Senate’s first weekend session since the beginning of the shutdown yielded few signs of progress Saturday as Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s wish for a quick vote never materialized. The impasse that has lasted 39 days is taking an increasing toll on the country as federal workers go unpaid,

Senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the government shutdown began more than a month ago. Meanwhile, President Trump signaled he was unwilling to compromise to settle the standoff.