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Donald Trump USA Politics Budget Shutdown
President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history -- 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game. The Republican-led House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to approve a ...
This is Beirut, 12/11 22:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA Donald Trump Republicans Democrat shutdown
Congress looked set Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history, 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Donald Trump's Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game. The House of Representatives was expected to rubber-stamp a contentious Senate-passed funding ...
This is Beirut, 11/11 08:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
USA Democrats Donald Trump Shutdown
The longest-ever US government shutdown moved forward Monday toward an eventual resolution, after several Democratic senators broke ranks to join Republicans in a 60-40 vote passing a compromise deal -- sparking intra-party backlash. Since October 1, the first day of the shutdown, more than a million federal workers have been unpaid, while ...
This is Beirut, 06/11 10:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
USA Flights Cancellation Shutdown Airport
US officials said the scheduled capacity for flights was being cut by 10 percent in 40 busy air traffic areas nationwide on Friday, as the longest government shutdown drags on. Federal agencies have been grinding to a halt since Congress failed to approve funding past September 30, with some 1.4 million federal workers, from air traffic ...
This is Beirut, 17/10 19:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
USA Republicans Donald Trump Shutdown
The US government shutdown could force the layoffs of most of the employees handling the nation's nuclear weapons, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee warned Friday. "We were just informed last night (that) the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) -- the group that handles and manages our nuclear stockpile -- that the ...
This is Beirut, 09/10 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
USA Air traffic controllers Shutdown
Concerns over flight delays and missed paychecks due to the US government shutdown escalated Wednesday, as senators rejected yet another bid to end the standoff. Democrats voted for a sixth time to block a Republican stopgap funding measure to reopen government departments, keeping much of the federal workforce home or working without pay. With ...
This is Beirut, 03/10 16:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA Donald Trump Republicans Democrats US Congress Shutdown
The US government shutdown appeared likely to stretch into next week as senators prepared Friday to vote for a fourth time on a funding fix proposed by Donald Trump's Republicans that has little hope of success. Federal agencies have been out of money since Wednesday—with a wide range of public services crippled—as a result of deadlocked ...
This is Beirut, 03/10 05:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Shutdown Politics
Donald Trump signaled Thursday that he plans to follow through on his threat for mass layoffs of US federal workers as he ratcheted pressure on Democrats to back moves to end the government shutdown. The Republican president announced he would meet budget chief Russell Vought "to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which ...
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United States Economy Politics Shutdown
The US government began shutting down Wednesday after lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse during acrimonious talks that hinged on Democratic demands for health care funding. Republicans and Democrats immediately blamed each other for the deadlock that will impact hundreds of thousands of government workers and ...
This is Beirut, 29/09 18:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Congress shutdown
Donald Trump is meeting Monday at the White House with top Republican and Democratic congressional leaders as negotiations remain deadlocked ahead of a potential federal government shutdown Tuesday night. If no budget, even temporary, is passed by midnight Tuesday, the U.S. will face a shutdown, halting most federal services. Hundreds of ...
This is Beirut, 15/03 04:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Politics Economy Shutdown
The United States averted a government shutdown with hours to spare Friday as lawmakers already reeling from President Donald Trump's radical federal spending cuts voted to keep the lights on through September. Facing a midnight deadline to fund the government or allow it to start winding down, Democrats dropped plans for a blockade on a ...