House Democrats are continuing a public effort to pressure Republicans to address their health care demands just hours from the government shutdown deadline.

Hundreds of Democrats showed up in the House chamber for a routine session, seeking to highlight the absence of Republicans as a government funding deadline loomed.

Congressional Republican and Democratic leaders failed to come to an agreement during a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday as part of an eleventh-hour effort to avoid a federal shutdown, which is scheduled for Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. ET.

A government shutdown fast approaching, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders left a White House meeting with President Donald Trump Monday afternoon showing no sign of compromising from their entrenched positions in order to avoid a lapse in funding.

The Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Co. was dispatched to the 25000 block of Gum Tree Road on Tuesday morning for a report of a house explosion.