46 m. ago Senate clears path to avoid a government shutdown despite Democratic opposition

The vote puts Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s future in jeopardy

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9 h. ago House Democratic leaders reiterate opposition to Republican funding bill as shutdown deadline looms – live

At least eight Senate Democrats would need to vote with Republicans to move the bill forward ahead of midnight deadline to fund governmentChuck Schumer to vote for Republican funding bill to avert shutdownDanish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen rejected on Friday president Donald Trump’s latest remarks about annexing Greenland, saying the Danish autonomous island could not be taken over by another country.“If you look at the Nato treaty, the UN charter or international law, Greenland is not open to annexation,” he told reporters, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Schumer decision to vote for Republican funding bill a ‘huge slap in the face’, says AOC

Senate working to avert partial government shutdown before midnight deadlineThe Trump administration has called on the Pentagon to provide military options to ensure the country has full access to the Panama canal, two US officials told Reuters on Thursday.Donald Trump has said repeatedly he wants to “take back” the Panama canal, which is located at the narrowest part of the isthmus between North and South America and is considered one of the world’s most strategically important waterways, but he has not offered specifics about how he would do so, or if military action might be required. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Trump live updates: President ordered by judge to rehire thousands of workers which DOGE fired

The Vice President sat down with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham to discuss Elon Musk, DOGE and immigration

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18 h. ago Trump live updates: President ordered by judge to rehire thousands of workers DOGE fired

The Vice President sat down with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham to discuss Elon Musk, DOGE and immigration

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21 h. ago Chuck Schumer to vote for Republican funding bill to avert shutdown

Minority leader laments ‘Hobson’s choice’ but says shutdown would give Trump and Musk ‘carte blanche’The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, said on Thursday he would vote for a Republican-written bill to fund federal agencies through September and avert a government shutdown.Schumer’s comments suggest that his members are prepared to provide the necessary votes to clear a procedural hurdle ahead, allowing the seven-month spending measure to advance to a final vote. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Top Senate Democrat to back Republican bill to avert shutdown

Chuck Schumer warns that failure to pass measure will open door to Trump power grab

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22 h. ago Trump live updates: Vance defends DOGE and rebukes reports that there’s any tension between Musk and cabinet

The Vice President sat down with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham to discuss Elon Musk, DOGE and immigration

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22 h. ago Chuck Schumer kills push from Democrats for government shutdown

Senate Democrats are betting voters will know who to blame for a shutdown, Eric Garcia reports

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23 h. ago Senate Democrats prepare to defy Chuck Schumer and brace for a shutdown

Senate Democrats are betting voters will know who to blame for a shutdown, Eric Garcia reports

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23 h. ago Senate Democrats signal they won’t pick a shutdown fight while DOGE has the reins

Analysis: Schumer says a shutdown isn’t worth the risk, but Democrats could face an equal risk by not showing a spine, John Bowden writes.

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28 h. ago Trump live updates: Judge orders administration to reinstate thousands of fired federal government employees

President threatens 200 percent tariffs on European wines and champagnes if tax is upped on U.S. whiskey

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28 h. ago Trump live updates: Trump threatens 200 percent retaliatory tariff on European wine and spirits as trade war escalates

President threatens 200 percent tariffs on European wines and champagnes if tax is upped on U.S. whiskey

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32 h. ago Trump live updates: Trump threatens 200 percent retaliatory tariff on European alcohol as trade war escalates

President threatens 200 percent tariffs on European wines and champagnes if tax is upped on U.S. whiskey

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33 h. ago Trump news live: White House taunts ‘totally screwed’ Democrats over looming government shutdown

President threatens 200 percent tariffs on European wines and champagnes if tax is upped on U.S. whiskey

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36 h. ago Trump says Schumer ‘not Jewish anymore’; Democrats won’t support spending bill: Live updates

President issues bizarre attack on Senate Minority Leader as government shutdown looms

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47 h. ago Senate Democrats decline to back bill to avert US government shutdown

Republican-controlled House of Representatives had passed the measure on Tuesday

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47 h. ago US government closer to shutdown after Senate Democrats oppose bill

Republican-controlled House of Representatives had passed the measure on Tuesday

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48 h. ago Will Senate Democrats cave to Trump to prevent a government shutdown?

Analysis: Democrats have two choices – let the government shut down or pass a spending bill rife with DOGE-style cuts, Eric Garcia writes

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2 d. ago Only one House Democrat votes for Republican bill to avoid a government shutdown

The bill now goes to the Senate, where many Democrats oppose it but are not ready to vote against it yet

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