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Washington: Elon Musk’s role in wrecking a bipartisan Congress deal to avert a US government shutdown has underlined his extraordinary influence over the Republican Party and the incoming administration of Donald Trump. In addition to his usual title of the world’s richest man, Democrats are now describing him as “President Musk.” Musk has been tapped…
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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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