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Democrats have floated whether the Senate could hold a simple-majority vote instead. Any possible extension of soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies will need to get 60 votes, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday as rank-and-file lawmakers close in on a deal that could reopen the government and pave the way for additional heath … Read more
But Republicans and Democrats are talking about a possible off-ramp to end the government shutdown. The Senate rejected the House-passed funding patch Tuesday afternoon for the 14th time, as Congress is poised to beat the record later in the day for the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. There is some newfound hope on Capitol … Read more
The Transportation secretary said air traffic controllers can’t afford to miss another paycheck. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday said the government shutdown has injected “more risk” into air travel and warned of widespread flight cancellations and potentially closed airspace if air traffic controllers miss their second full paycheck next week. Duffy told reporters at … Read more
The clarification comes after the president threatened on Truth Social to withhold federal food aid funding until Democrats agree to reopen the government. The Trump administration is still sending partial food aid benefits for nearly 42 million Americans this month, despite the president’s recent threat to withhold federal funding until the shutdown ends. “The administration … Read more
Major parties rule out coalition with rightwinger, giving his party little chance of being part of government Voting is under way in a knife-edge parliamentary election in the Netherlands that polls suggest could again be won by the far-right Freedom party (PVV) of Geert Wilders, although there is little chance of it being part of … Read more
ean-Xavier de Lestrade defends decision to film mini-series inside Paris theatre where 130 people died in 2015 The Oscar-winning director of a TV mini-series about survivors of the 2015 terrorist attack at the Bataclan in Paris has rejected accusations his decision to film inside the theatre was “indecent”. Jean-Xavier de Lestrade said the hostages on … Read more
Tiphaine Auzière spoke at trial of 10 people accused of harassment by posting claims that French first lady was born a man Brigitte Macron’s daughter has told a Paris court that false claims online that the French first lady was born a man had damaged her mother’s quality of life, leaving her worrying every day … Read more
An African staging of Brian Friel’s Translations resonates deeply as the country distances itself from France On a humid evening in Dakar, an Irish jig echoes through the country’s air-conditioned national theatre. The breathy, woody sound of the west African Fula flute brings a different cadence to the traditional tune. Actors dance across the stage, … Read more
Gripping documentary follows Jens Stoltenberg through his final year as Nato chief – balancing diplomacy, egos and all-out war with unnerving calm Jens Stoltenberg is the Norwegian politician and international diplomat whose destiny it was to be secretary general of Nato in the second most fraught period of its postwar history (if we accept that … Read more
The government of Aleksandar Vučić’s now resembles a political Ponzi scheme: borrowing legitimacy through spectacle while deferring its collapse n 1 November 2024, a concrete canopy collapsed at the railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia’s second-largest city, killing 16 people. The tragedy triggered the longest wave of protests the country had seen in a decade … Read more