Democrats in the Senate rejected a House GOP proposal to keep funds flowing through Nov. 21, while Republicans scuttled a competing Democratic bill with health care provisions.

Senate Democrats on Friday voted to block a Republican stopgap spending measure that would keep the government open through late November, setting up a perilous showdown with just days before federal funding lapses and no clear path to prevent a partial shutdown.

The conventional view in Washington, D.C., is that the instigators of a shutdown always lose politically but the actual electoral consequences aren't so clear.

Democratic leaders rejected the bill, insisting the GOP must negotiate on health care and other priorities, setting up a Senate clash.

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Two top Democrats want a meeting with President Donald Trump as the deadline to avert a government shutdown looms.

The shutdown affecting car giant Jaguar Land Rover following a cyber attack should come as a "wake up call" for other companies, a business professor said.

The intervention marked Trump's first use of so-called "golden share" rights, a condition of the $14.1 billion takeover cleared in June.