Renegade MP Barnaby Joyce is still weighing up his future with the Nationals, despite a key sticking point on climate policy being resolved.

Republicans and Democrats remained at a stalemate on the government shutdown over the weekend as it headed into its sixth week, with millions of Americans starting to lose food aid benefits.

Shreveport Police make a statement regarding a video of a large fight in downtown Shreveport that has begun to circulate on Facebook.