The White House expressed optimism on Wednesday that the longest government shutdown in U.S. history could come to an end later in the evening, as lawmakers appeared ready to send the funding deal to President Donald Trump for his signature.
White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told reporters, “Tonight, thanks to Republicans, the White House is very hopeful that this shutdown is going to come to an end. President Trump looks forward to finally ending this devastating Democrat shutdown with his signature.”
Leavitt added that Trump may sign the bill in front of reporters. The shutdown has now entered its 43rd day.
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the funding deal at 7 pm local time (2300 GMT), following the Senate’s 60-40 approval.
The legislation funds the government at previous levels until 30 January and includes three year-long appropriations packages for essential agencies and programmes. It also reinstates federal employees who were furloughed during the shutdown.
The shutdown began on 1 October after negotiations over federal spending priorities broke down. Thousands of federal workers were furloughed or forced to work without pay, while many government services were curtailed or suspended.
Democrats had sought to compel Republicans to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies and reverse cuts to the Medicaid programme for lower-income Americans. Neither goal was achieved, with Republicans agreeing only to a later Senate vote on ACA subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.
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Oil prices fell after the U.S. expanded economic sanctions on Iran, as Tehran vowed to retaliate and warned it had tools to respond, raising concerns over potential disruption to regional oil supplies.
Kyiv has recently received a small number of U.S.-made Patriot interceptors capable of downing Russian ballistic missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. It comes as Britain and France pledged stronger military support for Ukraine.
Only four commodity vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, following 13 transits a day earlier, as disruptions continue to restrict traffic through the key energy chokepoint.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told allied foreign ministers Washington will focus on sanctions and other pressure on Iran “for the time being”, Axios reports. Meanwhile, Iran and Oman have resumed talks on a temporary shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 10 prisoners of war each in Belarus, Moscow's Human Rights Commissioner, Yana Lantratova, has said.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 10 prisoners of war each in Belarus, Moscow's Human Rights Commissioner, Yana Lantratova, has said.
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At least nine people have been killed and hundreds of tourists are missing after a massive landslide triggered catastrophic flooding near Nepal’s Himalayan border with China’s Tibet region.
Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri has acknowledged that few teenagers used Instagram’s “Take a Break” feature before it became a default setting, as Meta faces a major U.S. trial over child safety.
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