House speaker says shutdown barreling towards one of longest on record as it enters day 14 - US politics live

Mike Johnson speaks on federal government shutdown as it enters 14th day with little end in sightChina has hit back at accusations from the US that it is trying to hurt the world economy, as the trade war between the worlds two biggest economies appeared to re-escalate, amped up by aggressive rhetoric on both sides.Chinas commerce ministry said on Tuesday that the US was threatening to intimidate with the prospect of new tariffs on Chinese exports, which is not the right way to get along with Ch...