Expectations for a U.S. government shutdown spiked over the weekend, with betters now placing a 78% chance of that happening by Jan. 31, according to activity on the prediction site Polymarket.

After often struggling to form an effective opposition to Donald Trump, Democrats this weekend found an issue on which they could unite — threatening to shut the government over the US president’s imm...

Schumer released the statement after Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old man, in Minneapolis on Saturday morning.