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Bayou Teche Water Works shut off service because of low pressure and tank levels.

There's trouble brewing for the Louisiana beer industry as the government shutdown continues.

If you were planning on using your refund dollars for a big TV, braces, vacation, or anything else - you are probably going to have to adjust your plans.

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde says it's "essential to reduce uncertainty" by "raising the debt limit in a more durable manner."

Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire made her comments Wednesday as she walked into a meeting of Senate Republicans in leader Mitch McConnell's office.

Midnight tonight is the deadline Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew set for the government to either raise the debt limit or risk going into default.

The plan comes out of discussions between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and GOP leader Mitch McConnell.

Civil cases have been delayed and prosecutors are working with skeleton staffs.

Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke Sunday but failed to agree on a deal to raise the nation's borrowing authority above the $16.7 trillion debt limit or reopen the government.

President Barack Obama and House Republicans met yesterday and officials say representatives of both sides continued discussions into the night, though there are no agreements yet.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration furloughed employees who investigate safety complaints and order car makers to recall vehicles.

The meeting comes as House Republicans consider advancing a short-term increase in the debt limit before the government risks going into default Oct. 17.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki says about 3.8 million veterans will not receive disability compensation and more than half a million vets or surviving spouses won't get pensions next month if the impasse continues into late October.

House Speaker John Boehner and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew traded blame on Sunday but provided no hint of compromise.

Republicans have refused to budge without concessions on Democrats' health care law.

House Republicans are proposing that the 800,000 furloughed government workers get back pay when the shutdown is over.

A meeting at the White House yesterday produced no progress and both sides were still finger-pointing after the meeting.

Debate on Capitol Hill went well past midnight — the deadline to reach a spending agreement or the government would partially shut down.