Clock ticks to avoid government shutdown

<p>A government <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/29/government-shutdown-2023-live-updates-latest-news/71000629007/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shutdown</a> looms after lawmakers failed to pass a stopgap measure Friday.</p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/29/sen-dianne-feinstein-died-90/71001235007/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sen. Dianne Feinstein</a> has died.</p><p>USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen looks at how a fraud case might impact the future of former President Donald Trump's <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/30/donald-trump-real-estate-fraud-new-york-trial/70991559007/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">real estate</a> business.</p><p>Scott Hall becomes the first Trump co-defendant to plead <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/29/scott-hall-pleads-guilty-georgia-donald-trump/71006539007/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">guilty</a> in Georgia.</p><p>USA TODAY Health and Breaking News Reporter Eduardo Cuevas explains how a new rule could help save miners from dangerous <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/09/25/silica-exposure-silicosis-exposure-federal-rule-proposal/70900215007/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">silica dust</a>.</p><p>Episode Transcript <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/10/02/5-things-podcast-trump-fraud-case-shutdown-looms-scott-hall/71031264007/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">available here</a></p><p>Also available at <a href="https://art19.com/shows/5-things" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">art19.com/shows/5-Things</a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-inf