Live update: Report: PM tells lawmakers Israel will go into Rafah despite US request https://t.co/Y7FAJyR27k
— ToI ALERTS (@TOIAlerts) March 19, 2024
Day: March 19, 2024
Stability in the South Caucasus matters to NATO
Concluding his tour of the South Caucasus, Secretary General @jensstoltenberg met with @President_Arm and PM @NikolPashinyan in Yerevan and praised 🇦🇲 Armenia for its long-standing partnership and contributions to NATO operations
— NATO (@NATO) March 19, 2024
BREAKING: Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro is indicted for criminal association and falsifying his own COVID-19 vaccination data. https://t.co/IN4XlkBHH5
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 19, 2024
Gay Palestinian Ahmad Abu Marhia, who was living in Israel while his asylum claim was being investigated, was kidnapped by Palestinians (probably HAMAS) and taken to the West Bank where he was beheaded.
I wonder if they teach this class at Harvard…
— OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) March 19, 2024
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WASHINGTON — The top Republican and Democrat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said they had reached a deal to keep the government funded through the rest of the fiscal year that began in October, setting off a race to pass it before a weekend shutdown deadline.
The last sticking point was funding for the Department of Homeland Security, as a surge in migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border has become a major issue in the election rematch between Democratic President Joe Biden and his Republican predecessor Donald Trump.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer revealed the agreement in a pair of statements on Tuesday morning.
The actual legislative text of the agreement, which must be finalized before lawmakers can vote on it, is still being completed. Current House rules require that lawmakers have three days to consider legislation before bringing it to the floor.
The package was expected to cover about three-quarters of discretionary government spending, due to come in at about $1.66 trillion for the fiscal year ending September 30. It contains funding for functions that include the U.S. military, transportation, housing and food safety.
But more fights lie ahead as the nation’s $34.5 trillion national debt continues to grow. Biden and House Republicans earlier this month laid out proposed budgets for the next fiscal year, which begins in October, that offered sharply contrasting priorities.
Johnson so far has also refused to bring up for a vote a $95 billion foreign security aid package that includes money that advocates say is urgently needed for Ukraine in its war against Russia.
The measure has been approved by the Senate with bipartisan support and is thought to have significant backing in the House if members were given a chance to vote.
Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been fighting since early last year on funding levels amid a push by hardline House Republicans to cut more spending than had been agreed to in a bipartisan deal enacted into law last June.
WASHINGTON — The top Republican and Democrat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said they had reached a deal to keep the government funded through the rest of the fiscal year that began in October, setting off a race to pass it before a weekend shutdown deadline.
The last sticking point was funding for the Department of Homeland Security, as a surge in migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border has become a major issue in the election rematch between Democratic President Joe Biden and his Republican predecessor Donald Trump.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer revealed the agreement in a pair of statements on Tuesday morning.
The actual legislative text of the agreement, which must be finalized before lawmakers can vote on it, is still being completed. Current House rules require that lawmakers have three days to consider legislation before bringing it to the floor.
The package was expected to cover about three-quarters of discretionary government spending, due to come in at about $1.66 trillion for the fiscal year ending September 30. It contains funding for functions that include the U.S. military, transportation, housing and food safety.
But more fights lie ahead as the nation’s $34.5 trillion national debt continues to grow. Biden and House Republicans earlier this month laid out proposed budgets for the next fiscal year, which begins in October, that offered sharply contrasting priorities.
Johnson so far has also refused to bring up for a vote a $95 billion foreign security aid package that includes money that advocates say is urgently needed for Ukraine in its war against Russia.
The measure has been approved by the Senate with bipartisan support and is thought to have significant backing in the House if members were given a chance to vote.
Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been fighting since early last year on funding levels amid a push by hardline House Republicans to cut more spending than had been agreed to in a bipartisan deal enacted into law last June.
Today’s cover: What will happen if Trump can’t post $454M bond in his civil fraud case by Monday’s deadline? https://t.co/2UNMED0mUf pic.twitter.com/S9y2VmMqkM
— New York Post (@nypost) March 19, 2024
Live update: Report: PM tells lawmakers Israel will go into Rafah despite US request https://t.co/Y7FAJyR27k
— ToI ALERTS (@TOIAlerts) March 19, 2024