Republican moderates are blasting the financial services funding bill for a section stripping anti-discrimination protections for women who've had the procedure.
US national parks, from the iconic Yosemite and Yellowstone in the west to Florida's Everglades swamp, will close to the public from Sunday in the increasingly likely event of a federal government shutdown."In the event of a lapse in annual government appropriations . the majority of national parks will be closed completely to public access," it said.
U.S. Congress now has less than three days to avoid a government shutdown, as government funding will lapse at exactly 12:01 a.m. ET Sunday. The ramifications across the country will be huge, from furloughed employees to millions not receiving federal benefits. Our national parks will .