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Trump Live Updates: Spending Bill, New Fed Chair and Other News The New York TimesPartial government shutdown on track for Saturday; Senate may vote Friday on stalled deal CNBCSenate passes shutdown fix, extends DHS talks AxiosSenate moves to pass government funding deal despite GOP backlash Federal News Network
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Funding for 78% of the federal government will lapse midnight Saturday despite a deal struck between Senate Democrats and the White House aimed at averting a shutdown.
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Speaker Mike Johnson rallied Republicans around President Donald Trump's deal with Democrats to keep the government funded, Fox News Digital was told.
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Democrats agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while they negotiate with President Trump on restricting his immigration crackdown.
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A government shutdown is all but guaranteed after House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., says the earliest action on a Senate-passed spending bill would be Monday.
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Republicans raised concerns about the government services that could see a funding lapse on Sunday if the country plunges into a second shutdown in three months.
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Senate leaders were scrambling to save a bipartisan spending deal and avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday as Democrats have demanded new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country.
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The decision to nominate Brett Matsumoto, a career government economist, came six months after the president fired the previous commissioner.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., over Arctic Frost and vowed to fight the Trump-backed government funding package, despite White House pressure.
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As the two sides negotiated, it was unclear whether they could agree on anything that would satisfy Democrats who want Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown to end.
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