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Senate Moves Toward Critical Vote to Avert Government Shutdown as Schumer Relents
An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past midnight after the top Senate De [...]
House Republicans Unveil Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
Democrats decried the measure as a White House power grab, leaving it unclear whether the legislation could pass.
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Trump and Johnson Push a Stopgap Spending Bill to Avert a Shutdown
Republicans are pitching the strategy as a way of avoiding a politically damaging shutdown fight while giving President Trump more power to go around [...]
State Election Officials Seek to Avert Deeper Cuts
The National Association of Secretaries of State, normally reluctant to wade into partisan politics, has asked the homeland security secretary to pres [...]
House Passes Bill to Avert Shutdown With Hours to Spare
The measure still needed approval from the Senate and a signature by President Biden to avert a lapse in federal funding at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday.
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Mike Johnson Grasps to Avert Government Shutdown After Trump Tanks Spending Deal
A top Republican said the situation was “fluid” as the party searched for a Plan B that would keep the government running past 12:01 a.m. on Saturday. [...]
Harris’s Closing Argument: Turn the Page on Trump, and Avert Chaos
In a speech in Washington where organizers are planning for up to 40,000 attendees, she will argue that she represents generational change. But her ri [...]
How the Push to Avert a Broader War in Lebanon Fell Apart
Diplomats thought both Israel and Hezbollah supported a call for a temporary cease-fire. Then Israel killed Hezbollah’s leader.
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House to Vote on Short-Term Spending Bill to Avert a Shutdown
Speaker Mike Johnson is once again turning to Democrats to supply the bulk of the votes to keep federal funding flowing through Dec. 20.
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Inside U.S. Efforts to Avert War Among Iran, Israel and Hezbollah
A bigger disaster may have been avoided, even as the region continues to teeter on the brink of wider war.
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U.S. Presses to Avert Wider War Between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon
A recent flurry of diplomacy aims to head off a conflict that could pit the United States directly against Iran.
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Leaders Release $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill as Congress Races to Avert Shutdown
The 1,012-page bipartisan bill emerged one day before the federal funding deadline, and it was not clear whether it could clear Congress in time to av [...]
Senate Clears $460 Billion Bill to Avert Partial Shutdown, Sending It to Biden
President Biden is expected to sign the legislation, the product of a bipartisan deal, ahead of the midnight shutdown deadline — but the spending figh [...]
House Passes Bipartisan $460 Billion Spending Bill to Avert a Partial Shutdown
Staring down yet another spending deadline, Speaker Mike Johnson again relied on Democratic votes to push through a six-bill package to fund about hal [...]
Ford, UAW reach local labor deal to avert strike at Kentucky plant
Ford Super Duty trucks are seen at the Kentucky Truck assembly plant in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 27, 2023.Joe White | ReutersFord and a United A [...]