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The Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court a federal judge’s order to provide full SNAP benefits for November. The high court agreed.
Democratic support for a potential deal to reopen the government has crumbled because of deep mistrust among Senate Democrats over whether President Trump will act in good faith to extend health
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Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school.
The Senate is expected to vote on legislation that could potentially end the government shutdown when it reconvenes on Friday, Nov. 7.
Bipartisan Senate talks aimed at ending the government shutdown continued as both parties grappled with the fallout from Tuesday's elections, and the FAA said it would cut airline capacity in dozens of markets.
The showdown between Democrats and Republicans that has dragged on for five weeks doesn’t appear to have an end in sight as they dig into their positions.
The government shutdown has officially become the longest in United States history on Nov. 5 after a 14th Senate vote to end it failed on Tuesday. The government has now been shut down for 36 days, surpassing the previous record-setting government closure in 2019.
Senators continued to express cautious optimism over bipartisan talks to end the shutdown, but the chamber adjourned without another vote.
The federal government will likely remain open as lawmakers on both sides banned together to avoid a shutdown.
The U.S. Senate on Friday rejected legislation that would resume paychecks for hundreds of thousands of federal workers during the longest shutdown in U.S. history, as Democrats and Republicans remained at odds over how to reopen the government.
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The government shutdown has entered day 36 after a funding bill failed to pass. Here's how Wisconsin senators Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin voted.