Overview

• After White House talks, Vice President Vance warned the U.S. is headed toward a partial government shutdown, blaming unresolved differences over what to include in a stopgap bill.
• House Republicans passed a continuing resolution on Sept. 19 to extend prior‑year spending from Oct. 1 to Nov. 21, but the Senate rejected it and GOP leaders lack the 60 votes needed to advance legislation.
• Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said averting a shutdown depends on Republican choices, underscoring that cross‑party support is required under current Senate rules.
• Japan’s National Police Agency launched a dedicated enforcement posture against anonymous, fluid criminal groups known as “Tokuryu,” deploying specialized investigators for concentrated crackdowns starting Oct. 1.
• Police developments in Japan included the arrest of a 34‑year‑old Tokyo elementary school teacher in a child‑voyeur image‑sharing case, bringing total arrests in the series to six, and separate probes into an elderly fraud in Hokkaido and a child assault arrest in Okinawa.