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How US Government Shutdown May Impact Trump Administration
The United States is on the verge of yet another federal government shutdown, with prospects looking rather bleak for a last-minute compromise in Congress.
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How Will US Government Shutdown Affect Student Loans, Low-Income Americans
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.
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Trump Refuses To Sign Covid Aid Bill, Millions To Lose Jobless Benefits
Millions of Americans saw their jobless benefits expire on Saturday after US President Donald Trump refused to sign into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, protesting that it did not do enough to help everyday people.
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McDonald's Staff Caught On Video In Racial Slur Incident Fired
Historians looking for an enduring symbol of American acrimony in the year 2019 might be tempted to focus on the latest government shutdown, an ongoing battle between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over a border wall
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Trump Ordered 300 Hamburgers, French Fries For Football Team "Because..."
US Shutdown: With White House residence staff among those hit by the US government shutdown, Donald Trump personally ordered in an "all American" feast of burgers and pizza on Monday for a visiting football team.
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US Government Shutdown Becomes Longest In American History
The US government shutdown that has left 800,000 federal employees without salaries as a result of President Donald Trump's row with Democrats over building a Mexico border wall entered a record 22nd day Saturday.
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Trump To Demand Mexico "Crisis" Border Wall In TV Address Amid Shutdown
President Donald Trump will tell Americans in a primetime speech Tuesday that the US-Mexico border is in "crisis" and Congress must approve construction of a wall to end a government shutdown now in its 18th day.
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Foreign Students From Top US Colleges Should Stay On, Help Us, Says Trump
Ruing that talented foreign students are leaving the United States after studying in the country's best educational institutions, President Donald Trump has said he wants people with merit to stay in America and help the growth of companies.
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"It's Christmas": Workers Hit By US Shutdown Worry About Paying Bills
The latest version of a malfunctioning Washington convinced NASA aerospace engineer Edward Amatucci to break a beloved household rite: Over the weekend, after the partial government shutdown went into effect, the 54-year-old furloughed telescope specialist brought down the American flag that normally flies outside his Maryland home.
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What Closes In A US Government Shutdown: All You Need To Know
Hundreds of thousands of US government defence workers, park rangers and business regulators could be temporarily out of work as Congress fails to pass a budget before a midnight Friday deadline.
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Barack Obama says Americans 'completely fed up' with Washington over US shutdown
President Barack Obama scolded congressional Republicans today, hours after a fiscal crisis was narrowly averted and called on his opponents to help repair the economic damage caused by a 16-day US government shutdown and a close brush with a debt default.
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US shutdown: Senate and House of Representatives closing in on funding, debt deals
Leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate were negotiating separate but similar plans today to reopen the US government and prevent a default on American debt that economists say could tip the global economy back into recession.
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Barack Obama thinks 'my way or the highway', says Bobby Jindal
Louisiana's Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal today blasted Barack Obama for his handling of the current economic crisis and the government shutdown accusing the US President of being stubborn and adopting a "my way or the highway" attitude.
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Tourists baffled and angry as US shuts down Statue of Liberty
Where she once welcomed immigrants pursuing the American dream, and more recently hordes of tourists, the Statue of Liberty stood alone today as a victim of the US government shutdown.
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Key part of US health reform launches despite shutdown
A key part of President Barack Obama's drive to offer low-cost health insurance to millions of uninsured Americans opened today despite a government shutdown over Republican opposition to the plan.
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How US Government Shutdown May Impact Trump Administration
The United States is on the verge of yet another federal government shutdown, with prospects looking rather bleak for a last-minute compromise in Congress.
-
How Will US Government Shutdown Affect Student Loans, Low-Income Americans
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.
-
Trump Refuses To Sign Covid Aid Bill, Millions To Lose Jobless Benefits
Millions of Americans saw their jobless benefits expire on Saturday after US President Donald Trump refused to sign into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, protesting that it did not do enough to help everyday people.
-
McDonald's Staff Caught On Video In Racial Slur Incident Fired
Historians looking for an enduring symbol of American acrimony in the year 2019 might be tempted to focus on the latest government shutdown, an ongoing battle between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over a border wall
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Trump Ordered 300 Hamburgers, French Fries For Football Team "Because..."
US Shutdown: With White House residence staff among those hit by the US government shutdown, Donald Trump personally ordered in an "all American" feast of burgers and pizza on Monday for a visiting football team.
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US Government Shutdown Becomes Longest In American History
The US government shutdown that has left 800,000 federal employees without salaries as a result of President Donald Trump's row with Democrats over building a Mexico border wall entered a record 22nd day Saturday.
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Trump To Demand Mexico "Crisis" Border Wall In TV Address Amid Shutdown
President Donald Trump will tell Americans in a primetime speech Tuesday that the US-Mexico border is in "crisis" and Congress must approve construction of a wall to end a government shutdown now in its 18th day.
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Foreign Students From Top US Colleges Should Stay On, Help Us, Says Trump
Ruing that talented foreign students are leaving the United States after studying in the country's best educational institutions, President Donald Trump has said he wants people with merit to stay in America and help the growth of companies.
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"It's Christmas": Workers Hit By US Shutdown Worry About Paying Bills
The latest version of a malfunctioning Washington convinced NASA aerospace engineer Edward Amatucci to break a beloved household rite: Over the weekend, after the partial government shutdown went into effect, the 54-year-old furloughed telescope specialist brought down the American flag that normally flies outside his Maryland home.
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What Closes In A US Government Shutdown: All You Need To Know
Hundreds of thousands of US government defence workers, park rangers and business regulators could be temporarily out of work as Congress fails to pass a budget before a midnight Friday deadline.
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Barack Obama says Americans 'completely fed up' with Washington over US shutdown
President Barack Obama scolded congressional Republicans today, hours after a fiscal crisis was narrowly averted and called on his opponents to help repair the economic damage caused by a 16-day US government shutdown and a close brush with a debt default.
-
US shutdown: Senate and House of Representatives closing in on funding, debt deals
Leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate were negotiating separate but similar plans today to reopen the US government and prevent a default on American debt that economists say could tip the global economy back into recession.
-
Barack Obama thinks 'my way or the highway', says Bobby Jindal
Louisiana's Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal today blasted Barack Obama for his handling of the current economic crisis and the government shutdown accusing the US President of being stubborn and adopting a "my way or the highway" attitude.
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Tourists baffled and angry as US shuts down Statue of Liberty
Where she once welcomed immigrants pursuing the American dream, and more recently hordes of tourists, the Statue of Liberty stood alone today as a victim of the US government shutdown.
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Key part of US health reform launches despite shutdown
A key part of President Barack Obama's drive to offer low-cost health insurance to millions of uninsured Americans opened today despite a government shutdown over Republican opposition to the plan.
