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Senate, shutdown and government funding deal

Senate passes $1.2T government funding deal — but a brief shutdown is certain

The 71-29 vote came a day after Senate Democrats and President Donald Trump struck a deal to attach two weeks of Homeland Security funding to five spending bills that will fund the Pentagon, State Department and many other agencies until Sept.

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Senate passes funding bill as shutdown set to take effect

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Senate to move ahead with spending deal but a short-term shutdown appears inevitable

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Trump, Democrats say deal reached to avert shutdown; immigration talks to continue

President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a spending deal negotiated by U.S. Senate Republicans and Democrats to avoid a government shutdown, although he acknowledged one could still occur, while la...

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Senate Approves Spending Deal Ahead of Partial Government Shutdown

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Is the government shut down? Senate reaches temporary DHS funding deal

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Senate shutdown deal stalls over Graham objection

The Senate’s race to avert a shutdown hit the skids late Thursday night as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) placed a hold on the government funding package, forcing leaders to punt the vote.

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White House strikes deal with Democrats to avert government shutdown

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Senate GOP holdouts refuse to budge as shutdown talks continue

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US Senate approves bill to end the shutdown, sending it to the House

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States Senate has passed legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end as a small group of Democrats ratified a deal with ...

Illinois’ Democratic US Senate primary heats up over ICE

The hourlong debate came in wake of two deadly shootings involving federal immigration agents in Minneapolis this month.

With Trump’s backing, Julia Letlow joins US Senate race

BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana Illuminator) – U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow declared Tuesday morning she will enter this year’s U.S. Senate race, following a social media endorsement over the weekend from President Donald Trump.

JD Supra

U.S. Senate Passes Funding Bill with Hemp Regulation Provision

The United States Senate passed a funding package, intended to end the government shutdown. Included in that package is an important provision to close a loophole in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (aka the 2018 Farm Bill) which has enabled the ...

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Former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper files candidacy for United States Senate

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - Former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has filed paperwork to run for the United States Senate in 2026. Cooper announced his candidacy in a post to X on Wednesday, Dec. 3. “I’ve lived and served in North Carolina my entire ...

Wall Street Journal

John Thune can move Lindsey Graham’s secondary sanctions bill and send a message to the White House and the Kremlin. If they can ignore the parliamentarian on electric vehicles, why not on their tax bill? On healthcare? On the president’s latest overreach?

The New York Times

Why Won’t Senators Stand Up to Trump? We Asked 3 Who Called It Quits.

The United States Senate is at a precarious moment. From tariffs to agency funding to foreign affairs, the Senate’s check on the executive branch is arguably weaker than ever, with some critics, and some senators, warning that the body is abandoning its ...

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Rubio to face former US Senate colleagues on Venezuela policy

By Patricia Zengerle and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is due to testify in the Senate about President Donald Trump's Venezuela policy on Wednesday, after scrambling to keep his former colleagues from passing a resolution to rein in the administration's war powers.