The threat of a federal government shutdown ended late Saturday, hours before a midnight deadline, as Congress approved a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open and sent the measure to President Joe Biden to sign.
The threat of a federal government shutdown was suddenly easing Saturday after the House quickly approved a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open, once Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes for passage.
Staring down a likely government shutdown, the White House wants to make sure any blame falls on House Republicans who want spending cuts.
A man who prosecutors say ordered the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur was arrested and charged with murder Friday.
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the “Year of the Woman,” has died at 90.
House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden.
The House and Senate are pursuing different paths to avert a government shutdown even though time is running out before funding expires after midnight on Saturday.
Leaders of the screenwriters union declared their nearly five-month-old strike over Tuesday after board members approved a contract agreement with studios. But the actors strike goes on.
A judge ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House.
This is the eighth year the prize has been awarded to a person whose work continues the legacy of American storytelling personified by writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.
