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Sep 09 2023
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Pentagon Misled Congress About U.S. Bases in Africa
Since a cadre of U.S.-trained officers joined a junta that overthrew Niger’s democratically elected president in late July, more than 1,000 U.S. troops have been largely confined to their Nigerien outposts, including America’s largest drone base in the region, Air Base 201 in Agadez.
The base, which has cost the U.S. a total of $250 million since construction began in 2016, is the key U
The Intercept
Sep 30 2023
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Congress Averts U.S. Government Shutdown With 11th Hour Short-Term Funding Bill
Three hours before a potential government shutdown, the House and Senate did what no one thought possible just 24 hours prior—approve a last minute short-term spending bill on Saturday that provides $16 billion for disaster relief and prevents millions of federal employees from being furloughed, at least until Nov. 17. The 45-day stopgap funding package was hastily put together by House
Vanity Fair
Sep 30 2023
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Government Shutdown Congress
The threat of a federal government shutdown ended late Saturday night after Congress approved a temporary funding bill to keep federal agencies open until Nov. 17. The bill passed just hours before the midnight deadline and was sent to President Joe Biden to sign. The package drops aid for Ukraine but adds money for U.S. disaster assistance. House approval came after Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Tulsa World
Oct 02 2023
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At Stake for Ukraine After Congress Pulled Aid at Deadline
WASHINGTON — Ukraine had little reason to celebrate when U.S. lawmakers approved a spending bill Saturday that averted a widely expected government shutdown. The measure didn't include the $6 billion in military assistance that Ukraine said it urgently needed. Now the Pentagon, White House and European allies are urging Congress to quickly reconsider. They warn that if the U.S. stops sending
Newsmax (News)
Oct 01 2023
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Congress passes bill to prevent shutdown
WASHINGTON -- The threat of a federal government shutdown ended late Saturday, hours before a midnight deadline, as Congress approved a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open and sent the measure to President Joe Biden to sign. The rushed package drops aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP lawmakers, but increases federal disaster assistance by $16
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sep 07 2023
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Congress returns with the clock ticking to avert government shutdown, fund U.S. disaster response
A deeply divided Congress returned Tuesday from a monthlong summer vacation with the clock ticking to pass spending legislation to avoid a government shutdown and boost U.S. emergency response funding following multiple natural disasters.
The U.S. government will shut down at midnight on Sept. 30 if Congress fails to pass spending legislation. While the Senate is back in session Tuesday
CNBC
Oct 02 2023
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Pentagon Begs Congress for MORE Ukraine Cash as Biden Warns of ‘Urgency’.
Joe Biden and his Pentagon are both warning and begging the U.S. Congress over the stream of arms and financial support for the Ukrainian war machine, with the President insisting that U.S. aid “cannot under any circumstance” be interrupted. The Pentagon has admitted that the U.S. has “completely run out of long-term funding for Kyiv through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which
The National Pulse
Sep 30 2023
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How Congress Narrowly Avoided a Government Shutdown
n a dramatic turn of events, the House and Senate on Saturday passed a measure to extend government funding through mid-November, averting an imminent government shutdown just hours before the deadline. The last-minute bipartisan effort seemingly came together in a matter of hours, after months of negotiations across a divided Congress had gone nowhere and much of Washington had assumed an
Time Magazine
Sep 28 2023
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Government Shutdown Nears As Congress Fail To Reach Agreement
With only three days for Congress to approve legislation that would prevent the U.S. to suspend non-essential activities, party leaders are sending signals that there's no deal in sight.
Republican House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy criticized an alternative Senate bill that would fund the government temporarily.
"I look at the current Senate bill that does nothing
International Business Times
Sep 30 2023
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Embattled Congress lurches toward midnight shutdown
Congress is lurching toward a shutdown that would begin early Sunday morning, with House Republicans battling one another and the Senate moving forward with a bipartisan plan that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has not committed to bringing to a vote in the House. Senators are poised to vote Saturday afternoon on a bill to fund the government until Nov. 17. The legislation includes $6.15
The Hill