White House planning for government shutdown after chaos on Capitol Hill

House leaves for weekend without solution to shutdown threat in sight amid hard-right Republican opposition to McCarthy plans

The Republican-led US House of Representatives has all but disappeared for the long weekend after abruptly wrapping up its work on Thursday when the embattled speaker, Kevin McCarthy, failed to advance a stopgap government spending bill, as members continued to clash with just days left to avert a federal shutdown.

The White House on Friday planned to begin telling federal agencies to prepare for a shutdown, AP reported, citing a government official.