WASHINGTON — The nation on Friday is barrelling into a third weekend with the federal government still shutdown and little indication of how the now 17-day funding lapse could be brought to an end.

What You Need To Know • The nation on Friday is barrelling into a third weekend with the federal government still shutdown and little indication of how the now 17-day funding lapse could be brought to an end • After a tenth attempt to pass the Republican-supported stopgap bill that aims to keep the government funded through mid-November once again failed to clear the Senate on Thursday, members of the upper chamber headed home, not to return until Monday, when they are set to reconvene at 3 p.m. EST and give it another try • In a comment that was viewed as going further to address Democra

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