Senate Republicans rejected an offer from Democrats to end the shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of health care tax credits. Follow live updates here.

The Senate on Friday failed to pass a bill to pay federal workers forced to work without pay during the government shutdown, with Democrats refusing to yield to GOP attempts to fund any parts of the federal government without major concessions for their party.

The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed after the Trump administration altered employees’ email messages to add partisan language about the government shutdown without their consent.

Different Democrats have had all sorts of different strategies throughout the shutdown. But Democrats now want to try to speak with one voice.

Senate Democrats blocked a proposal by Republicans on Friday to pay all federal employees throughout the duration of the government shutdown. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) attempted to get unanimous consent to pass his legislation to pay federal workers — both those who are working and those who are furloughed — and military members as

Senate Democrats left their second caucus meeting of the week Thursday with few answers about how they would proceed.

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for the government shutdown.