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13Nov By AdminsNo Comments

The US government has reopened after a historic shutdown. What does that mean, exactly?

The US government has reopened after a historic 43-day shutdown that started during a federal funding dispute on October 1. Thousands of federal workers went without pay, travellers were stranded at airports, and people lined up at food banks for almost eight weeks. US Donald Trump has signed off on legislation that resumed funding after a group of moderate Democrats caved and began the process to end the shutdown. In case you need a refresher, this is what that means. The US government was shut down for the first time in more than six years in early October. (AP) What is a government shutdown? Federal agencies across the country were shuttered, with non-essential workers, like park rangers, put on leave without pay. Essential federal workers,...
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13Nov By AdminsNo Comments

US house passes bill to end historic government shutdown, sending measure to Trump

The House passed a bill to end the US's longest government shutdown, sending the measure to US President Donald Trump for his signature after a historic 43-day funding lapse that saw federal workers go without multiple paychecks, travellers stranded at airports and people lining up at food banks to get a meal for their families. House lawmakers made their long-awaited return to the nation's capital this week after nearly eight weeks away. Republicans used their slight majority to pass the bill with a mostly party-line vote of 222-209. House Democrats expressed great scepticism that the Senate effort would lead to a breakthrough. (Nine) The Senate has already passed the measure. Democrats wanted to extend an enhanced tax credit that expires at the end of t...
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13Nov By AdminsNo Comments

White House pressuring Republicans not to vote on releasing Epstein files

Top Trump administration officials have met with a key GOP lawmaker about an effort in the US House to force a vote on releasing Justice Department case files related to Jeffrey Epstein, according to multiple sources familiar with the meeting. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt acknowledged the meeting later Wednesday when asked about reporting that administration officials were huddling with GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert. "Doesn't that show the level of transparency when we are willing to sit down with members of Congress and address their concerns?" she told reporters at the press briefing. In spite of their reputations as Trump acolytes, Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene said they will vote to release the Epstein files. (AP) Leavitt added: "I'm not go...
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8Nov By AdminsNo Comments

US Supreme Court considers overturning same-sex marriage ruling

A call to overturn the landmark US Supreme Court decision legalising same-sex marriage America-wide is on the agenda for the justices' closed-door conference. Among the new cases the justices are expected to consider is a longshot appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. Davis had been trying to get the court to overturn a lower court order for her to pay $554,000 in damages and attorney’s fees to a couple whom she denied a marriage licence. Kim Davis refused to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples. (AP) The justices could say as early as Monday what they'll do. In urging the court to take up her case, Davis' lawyers repeate...
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8Nov By AdminsNo Comments

Trump is ramping up a new effort to convince a skeptical public he can fix affordability worries

US President Donald Trump is adjusting his messaging strategy to win over voters who are worried about the cost of living with plans to emphasise new tax breaks and show progress on fighting inflation. The messaging is centered around affordability, and the push comes after inflation emerged as a major vulnerability for Trump and Republicans in Tuesday's elections, in which voters overwhelmingly said the economy was their biggest concern. Democrats took advantage of concerns about affordability to run up huge margins in the New Jersey and Virginia governor races, flipping what had been a strength for Trump in the 2024 presidential election into a vulnerability going into next year's midterm elections. US President Donald Trump attends a dinner with leaders from countri...
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8Nov By AdminsNo Comments

Thousands of flights to be cut across US amid government shutdown

America's busiest airports, including those in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, were set to face thousands of flight cuts starting on Friday due to the government shutdown, according to a list distributed to the airlines and obtained by The Associated Press. The Federal Aviation Administration's order to reduce air traffic at 40 of the busiest airports by 10 per cent across the US includes the popular gateways of Hawaii and Dallas for Australians flying to North America. With just hours to go, airlines were scrambling to figure out where to cut, and travellers were waiting nervously to see if their flights would take off as scheduled. Travelers wait in long security lines at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. (AP Photo Lekan Oyekanmi) (AP) A screen di...
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