There's always a Wisconsin connection — even when Vice President Kamala Harris makes a surprise appearance on "Saturday Night Live."

Candidates are competing to replace Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who won’t seek reelection, in the first open governor’s race in 15 years.

Cast member James Austin Johnson's Trump said his plan was to "Make America Great Depression Again."

The Senate, with the help of Democratic defectors, passed a bill to end the longest government shutdown without the health insurance subsidies Democrats long demanded. The earliest the House will vote is Wednesday.

The Senate now has enough Democratic votes to reopen the government after a 40-day shutdown, after a rare Saturday session yielded little progress despite mounting pressures. A group of centrist

Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution. Meanwhile, the shutdown impacts are mounting as SNAP funding has run dry and flights are delayed around the country amid air traffic controller shortages.

According to the Evers admin, funds became available at midnight and a total of about $104.4 million was issued for 337,137 households.