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US shutdown nears end as Senate passes deal, House readies vote
A RECORD-SETTING 41-day US government shutdown is on a path to end as soon as Wednesday (Nov 12) after the Senate passed a temporary funding measure backed by a group of eight centrist Democrats.
US shutdown nears end as Senate Democrats agree to funding deal
On Wednesday, the shutdown became the longest in US history, exceeding the 35-day closure in 2018 and 2019 under Trump
Trump blasts Democrats as government shutdown becomes longest ever
The US government shutdown has topped the 35-day record set during Trump’s first term
Trump hammered on cost of living in Democratic wave
He blamed Tuesday’s Democratic sweep on the federal government shutdown - now the longest ever, at 36 days - over a budget standoff in Congress
Young leftist Trump foe elected New York mayor
NEW Yorkers elected leftist Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor on Tuesday (Nov 4), broadcasters projected, on a day of key local ballots across the country offering the first electoral judgement of Pr...
Democratic states sue to keep US food aid flowing in shutdown
AROUND two dozen US states run by Democrats sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday over its refusal to tap emergency funds to preserve vital food aid threatened by the government shut...
White House: Mass layoffs will start if shutdown talks ‘going nowhere’
[WASHINGTON] The Trump administration will start mass layoffs of federal workers if President Donald Trump decides negotiations with congressional Democrats to end a partial government shutdown are “a...
Republicans warn of pain ahead as US shutdown faces second week
The White House says plans are being finalised for the firing of thousands of federal workers
Key Democrat blasts ‘abrupt’ end of popular US tariff exemption for package shipments
[WASHINGTON] The top Democrat on the US Senate Finance Committee accused the Trump administration of having inadequate customs procedures in place as it ended the “de minimis” US tariff exemption for ...
Trump eyes firing thousands of federal workers over shutdown
The House will not return to Washington until Tuesday
