Snowstorm hammers U.S. Midwest, hundreds of flights canceled
MILWAUKEE/CHICAGO (Reuters) – A major winter storm pounding the U.S. Midwest on Friday forced cancellation of hundreds of flights as heavy snow and plummeting temperatures threatened to bring travel to a standstill across the region.
Trump signs deal to end brief government shutdown, increase U.S. spending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A brief U.S. government shutdown ended on Friday after Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law a wide-ranging deal that is expected to push budget deficits into the $1 trillion-a-year zone.
Congress votes to end brief government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate early on Friday morning in approving a bill to end an overnight federal shutdown, sparing Republicans further embarrassment and averting serious interruption of the government…
Storm barrels through U.S. Midwest with snow and frigid temperatures
MILWAUKEE, Wis./CHICAGO (Reuters) – A major winter storm barreled into Chicago and Milwaukee early on Friday, dumping heavy snow and dropping temperatures well below freezing as it forced schools to close and threatened to leave travel at a stand still…
Senate approves budget deal, too late to avert shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate approved a budget deal including a stopgap government funding bill early on Friday, but it was too late to prevent a federal shutdown that was already underway in an embarrassing setback for the Republican-control…
Bill to end U.S. government shutdown clears key hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted on Friday to move forward on legislation to end a government shutdown, after a single Republican lawmaker delayed the funding bill for hours to protest an expected increase in the U.S. deficit.
What happens in a U.S. government shutdown?
(Reuters) – The U.S. Congress failed to pass a stopgap funding measure to avert a government shutdown before a midnight deadline on Thursday, technically triggering the start of a shutdown.
U.S. federal shutdown at hand after fiscal hawk’s dissent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government staggered into another shutdown on Thursday night after an outspoken fiscal conservative in the Senate singlehandedly delayed action by Congress on a stopgap funding bill wrapped up in a massive budget deal.
New Mexico newspaper apologizes for cartoon linking ‘Dreamers’ to criminality
(Reuters) – A New Mexico newspaper apologized on Thursday for publishing a cartoon portraying illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children as street criminals that drew widespread condemnation as racist.
Trump budget to include $3 billion for border wall: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s budget proposal to be unveiled on Monday will include a request for $3 billion as a down payment on building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, a senior administration official said on Thursday.
