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Rushed package drops aid to Ukraine but increases federal disaster assistance by $16 billion and will fund government until November 17

The threat of a federal government shutdown ended late Saturday, hours before a midnight deadline, as Congress approved a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open and sent the measure to President Joe Biden to sign.

The threat of a federal government shutdown ended late Saturday, hours before a midnight deadline, as Congress approved a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open and sent the measure to President Joe Biden to sign.

39th president’s library and museum hold celebrations a day early to avoid risking their cancellation due to federal gov’t shutdown, which Congress subsequently managed to thwart

The US has narrowly avoided a government shutdown – with just three hours to spare before current funding expired.

Congress passes stopgap bill to avert shutdown ahead of midnight deadline  CNN McCarthy: ‘It’s only failure if you quit’  Reuters Republicans ‘still can’t get their s*** together’ – this week proves it  The Independent Live updates: House passes funding measure as government shutdown

State media doesn’t confirm reports from opposition media outlets, which claim shipments were en route to Lebanon; there are no immediate reports of collateral damage or casualties

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia says 100,000 refugees flee region  BBC A look inside the Nagorno-Karabakh exodus  Reuters Much of Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian population flees as first UN mission in 30 years set to arrive  CNN Without U.S. Intervention, the Caucasus Could Be Lost to a

Moshe Gafni says confrontations show activists ‘are not referring to judicial reform,’ claims that warnings that reforms would harm economy have been proven wrong

White House welcomes shutdown resolution — sees another crack at Ukraine aid soon  POLITICO