Government funding bill clears Congress and heads to President Biden, averting a shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, dropping President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt limit increase into the new year. House Speaker Mike Johnson had insisted Congress would “meet our obligations” and not allow federal operations to shutter ahead of the Christmas holiday season. But the day's outcome was uncertain down...
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- US drops $10M terrorism bounty offered for capture of Syrian rebel leader who ousted Assad
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024
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- Former Uvalde schools police chief loses bid to toss criminal charges related to 2022 shooting
- Prosecutor Fani Willis is removed from the Georgia election case against Trump and others
- Oklahoma man dies by lethal injection in the nations final execution of 2024
- Gisle Pelicot thanks backers after her ex-husband and his co-defendants are convicted in rape trial
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Wed, 18 Dec 2024
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- Federal Reserve cuts its key rate by a quarter-point but envisions fewer reductions next year
- Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown
- US stocks fall sharply and Dow tumbles 1,100 points after the Fed hints at just 2 rate cuts for 2025
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- Health officials say Louisiana patient is first severe bird flu case in US
- Russia says it has detained a suspect in the Moscow bombing that killed a senior general
- Several children killed in a stampede at a fair in Nigeria, official says
- Frances highest court upholds corruption conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy
- Families of hostages endure uncertainty even as hopes rise for a ceasefire in Gaza
- Middle East latest: Israeli military orders another Gaza evacuation ahead of an offensive
- Rescuers dig for survivors of Vanuatu earthquake with no water and unclear death toll
- Man convicted of quadruple homicide is put to death in Indiana's 1st execution in 15 years
- As wars rage around them, Armenian Christians in Jerusalem's Old City feel the walls closing in
- Community members wrestle with grief in aftermath of Wisconsin school shooting
- Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans, an AP-NORC poll finds
Tue, 17 Dec 2024
- Verdicts are due in the historic French rape trial that turned Gisle Pelicot into a feminist hero
- Israel's borders have shifted throughout its history. Action in Syria may reshape them again
- Congress unveils funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid
- Man who killed brother and 3 others set to be put to death in Indiana's first execution in 15 years
- Ontario's premier says Trump's tariffs would be a disaster for US markets
- Rayful Edmond, notorious DC drug kingpin, dies in federal custody at 60
- Police chief says motive for Wisconsin school shooting was a 'combination of factors'
- Biathlon official apologizes to athletes who have suffered mistreatment
- Megan Thee Stallion seeks restraining order, says imprisoned Tory Lanez continues to harass her
- Deadly violence in Nigeria linked to breakup of United Methodist Church over LGBTQ policies
- NASA's 2 stuck astronauts face more time in space with return delayed until at least late March
- Former Church of England leader resigns as priest after claims he mishandled an abuse case
- A couple hundred North Korean troops killed, wounded in battles with Ukrainian forces
- Mystery drone sightings continue in New Jersey and across the US. Here's what we know
- Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO as an act of terrorism
- At least 25 are killed and dozens are missing after an overcrowded boat capsizes in Congo
- Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster for 'election interference' after pre-election poll
- Lawsuit accuses State Department of creating loopholes for Israel on military aid and human rights
- Canada's prime minister faces calls to resign. Here's what could happen next
- Tech consultant found guilty of second-degree murder in stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee
- Trumps lawyers allege juror misconduct in latest bid to get his hush money conviction dismissed
- Netanyahu says Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable future
- Left-hander Max Fried and Yankees finalize $218 million, 8-year contract
- Pennsylvania's Bethlehem: The city founded by Moravians on Christmas eve keeps its traditions alive
- Suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged in the death of a seventh woman
- An Alabama woman is doing well after the latest experimental pig kidney transplant
- A top Russian general is killed in a Moscow bombing claimed by Ukraine
- Middle East latest: Israeli strike in Gaza kills at least 8 from the same family, Palestinians say
- Authorities impose overnight curfew in cyclone-ravaged Mayotte as France rushes in aid
- Americans' trust in nation's court system hits record low, survey finds
- Battle erupts over South Korean court that will determine the fate of impeached Yoon
- Magnitude 7.3 earthquake causes widespread damage in Pacific island nation of Vanuatu
- Australian state proposes ban on protests at places of worship to fight rising antisemitism
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Mon, 16 Dec 2024
- Things to know about the shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin
- Teacher and a teenage student killed in a shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin
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- Former TV host Carlos Watson gets nearly 10 years in prison in case about failed startup Ozy Media
- Drone detectors in New Jersey have found 'little or no evidence' of wrongdoing, governor says
- France rushes aid to Mayotte after Cyclone Chido leaves hundreds feared dead
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- Survivors seek a reckoning as FBI investigates child sex abuse in little-known Christian sect
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- Biden, Harris thank major Democratic donors and urge them to stay engaged after tough loss to Trump
- US agencies should use advanced technology to identify mysterious drones, Schumer says
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- Death toll in French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is 'several hundred,' top official says
- Pope Francis makes 1st papal visit to France's Corsica awash in expressions of popular piety
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- West Africa regional bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup-hit member states
- Trump nominees should steer clear of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says
- Christians in Syria mark country's transformation with tears as UN envoy urges an end to sanctions
- Storms across US bring heavy snow, dangerous ice and a tornado in California
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- South Korean leaders seek calm after Yoon is impeached
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Sat, 14 Dec 2024
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- ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit
- Trump appoints longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as special missions envoy
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- Pelosi has hip replacement surgery at a US military hospital in Germany after a fall
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- Ukrainian drones strike Russia as Kyiv reels from consecutive massive air attacks
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