Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said they will refuse to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify in a House committee’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill to end a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.
House Republicans used their slight majority to get the bill over the finish line with a mostly party-line vote of 222-209. The Senate has already passed the measure. It now goes to President Trump.
The U.S. Senate has passed legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end.
The Senate has taken the first step to end the government shutdown after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies.
Vice President JD Vance says he believes U.S. military members will be paid at the end of the week, though he did not specify how the Trump administration will reconfigure funding as the federal government shutdown continues.
The White House budget office says that mass firings of federal workers have started.
A federal government shutdown has started because the U.S. Senate failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running past the October 1 deadline.
Democrats and Republicans are angrily blaming each other for a looming federal government budget shutdown, refusing to budge from their positions.
Not only has Selma High School teacher Veronica Pitts won the National Civics Teacher of the Year Award, she has received congratulations from U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell inside the U.S. Capitol.
