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The Senate is voting now to avoid a shutdown by approving five appropriation bills plus a continuing resolution that funds DHS for two weeks while Democrats push for reforms to immigration enforcement. The House has to sign off, and it’s due to be out until Monday, which means funding for much of the government will lapse for at least a couple of days.
- It could be longer: There’s no guarantee the House will rubber-stamp the Senate’s deal, and there’s some evidence it won’t. In a text to NOTUS’ Riley Rogerson, Rep. Ralph Norman called the deal “LUDICROUS” and said: “WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN.”
Donald Trump is named hundreds of times in newly released Epstein files, but the Department of Justice said the documents “may include fake or falsely submitted images, documents or videos” and “untrue and sensationalist claims” against the president.