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Washington: The US government is hurtling towards a shutdown ahead of the Christmas holiday, after President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk scuppered a cross-party deal to keep federal agencies running. What happens if Congress fails to pass a spending bill to keep the lights on past a Friday night deadline? – Who is impacted –…
Washington: US president-elect Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers Wednesday to scupper a cross-party deal to avert a fast-looming US government shutdown. Staring down a Friday night deadline to fund federal agencies, party leaders in Congress had agreed on a “continuing resolution” (CR) to keep the lights on until mid-March and avoid having to send public…
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Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed a three-month government funding bill, averting an imminent shutdown and delaying a fuller conversation about government spending until after the November elections, media reported. The stopgap spending bill, known as a continuing resolution or CR, will extend government funding until December 20, The Guardian reported. It will also…
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The shutdown comes into effect at 12:01 am on October 1. (File) The US government is likely to go into a shutdown from this weekend as the Congress looks set to miss the Saturday deadline to fund federal agencies. The political logjam comes after the Republicans, who have a majority in the House of Representatives,…
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The White House said it was still possible to avoid a government shutdown. (File) Washington: The White House said on Friday it was still possible to avoid a government shutdown, but that it was up to hardline Republican lawmakers to resolve the impasse. “There is still a chance,” Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director…
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