What to know on Day 24 of the government shutdown:
The government shutdown is now on Day 24 with no resolution in sight, as both sides remain entrenched in their positions over the second-longest funding lapse in history.
The Senate adjourned on Thursday and won't return until Monday afternoon, meaning the impasse is all but certain to stretch into next week. The upper chamber has failed to advance a GOP funding bill 12 times, most recently on Wednesday.
A separate Republican-backed bill to pay federal employees and contractors who continue working during a lapse in appropriations failed to advance on Thursday, but Sen. Ron Johnson, the sponsor, said he would continue talks with Democrats in hopes of passing it next week.
More than 40 million Americans are at risk of going

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