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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.S. congressional efforts to decouple Israel and Ukraine aid, a devastating fire in Denmark, and the International Monetary Fund’s latest G-7 growth predictions. Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.S. congressional efforts to decouple Israel and Ukraine aid, a devastating fire in Denmark, […]
Tucked in the massive government funding package signed Saturday by President Biden is a provision banning the flying of LGBTQ Pride flags over U.S. embassies. But even on the same day Mr. Biden signed the package, the White House vowed to work toward repealing the provision. The prohibition was one of many side issues included […]
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images Dr. Sesha Joi Moon, director of the House of Representatives Office of Diversity and Inclusion, poses outside the US Capitol in Washington on September 13, 2022. The US House Office of Diversity and Inclusion will be dissolved as part of the government spending bill that passed Friday, the office’s director said […]
Vote is a major step towards finalising the 2024 federal budget after months of deadlock in the divided Congress. Lawmakers in the United States Senate passed a spending package shortly before a midnight deadline, averting a partial government shutdown. The lower house on Friday voted 75-22 to approve a $460bn spending package of six bills […]
Short-term spending bill averts shutdown of agencies that would have kicked in on Saturday. The United States Congress has approved a short-term spending package to avoid a government shutdown, the fourth such stopgap measure in several months. The bill, which passed the Senate in a bipartisan 77-13 vote, provides funding for some federal government agencies […]
A family eats lunch near a store advertising a Black Friday sale at the Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, Virginia, on November 22, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets […]
Former United States President Donald Trump has stirred strong reactions in Europe after saying Washington might not protect NATO allies from potential attack from Russia if he wins the November election unless some members of the alliance step up their military spending. Speaking at a campaign rally on Saturday in South Carolina, the Republican Party’s […]
Washington — The Senate crossed its first hurdle Tuesday night as it seeks to pass a stopgap spending measure to stave off another government shutdown ahead of a fast-approaching deadline at the end of the week. In a 68-13 vote, the upper chamber advanced a bill that will serve as the vehicle for the stopgap […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Republican and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill have reached a $1.66tn agreement on the level of US federal spending for 2024, in a breakthrough that moves Congress one step closer to avoiding a costly government […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Republicans are working to rein in government spending in ways that would affect many federal social programs and could have a disproportionate impact on Black Americans. Here is a rundown on some of House Republicans’ spending proposals that will be discussed as Congress attempts to avert a partial […]