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AFP, Published on 03/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US government shutdown appeared likely to stretch into next week as senators prepared on Friday to vote for a fourth time on a funding fix proposed by Donald Trump’s Republicans that has little hope of success.
AFP, Published on 02/10/2025
» WASHINGTON — Donald Trump signalled Thursday that he plans to follow through on his threat for mass layoffs of US federal workers as he ratcheted pressure on Democrats to back moves to end the government shutdown.
AFP, Published on 01/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - The United States entered a government shutdown Wednesday with President Donald Trump and Democrats in an acrimonious stand-off and banking on the other side to blink first in what could be a prolonged crisis.
AFP, Published on 30/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump meets key congressional Republicans and Democrats at the White House on Monday, hoping to revive stalled spending negotiations on the eve of a looming US government shutdown.
AFP, Published on 24/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives on Wednesday sent lawmakers home early for a six-week summer break to avoid being forced into awkward votes on the probe into the late, politically connected sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - US Republicans early Friday approved President Donald Trump's plan to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, vowing it was just the start of broader efforts by Congress to slash the federal budget.
AFP, Published on 04/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Thursday secured a major political victory when Congress narrowly passed his flagship tax and spending bill, cementing his radical second-term agenda and boosting funds for his anti-immigration drive.
AFP, Published on 03/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - US lawmakers are gearing up for a final vote on Donald Trump’s marquee tax and spending bill on Thursday after a bruising day of Republican infighting that threatened to derail the centrepiece of the president’s domestic agenda.
AFP, Published on 03/05/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump spent his first 100 days issuing a blitz of executive orders to deliver rapidly on campaign pledges, drastically downsize the government and reshape America's role on the global stage.
AFP, Published on 02/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's second presidency was dealt a spinning blow by voters in Wisconsin Tuesday as they elected a liberal judge to the state's Supreme Court, despite his powerful advisor Elon Musk pouring millions into the race to sway the polls.