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The government shutdown staring contest will finally get real this week: Who blinks first?

ANALYSIS: Up until now, most of the American public has been insulated from the shutdown’s effects, Eric Garcia writes. But with SNAP recipients going hungry, labor groups demanding the government reopen and ongoing health insurance enrollment, Trump and Democrats might be forced to find a solution.

The Independent UK

Government Shutdown Chaos: Trump Blamed After 'Failed' Senate Vote Leaves Federal Workers in Limbo Over Pay

Amid the Trump shutdown, a Senate fight erupts over paying federal workers. See why Democrats blocked the GOP bill and if a deal can be reached to pay feds soon.

International Business Times UK

Why Democrats are calling latest Republican shutdown measure the ‘let the President decide who he feels like paying act’

One Republican senator suggests Republicans change the filibuster to reopen the government

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US Senate fails to pass bill to pay federal essential workers and troops through shutdown

‘Shutdown fairness act’, introduced by Ron Johnson, Republican senator from Wisconsin, failed in a 54-45 vote

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Bills to pay federal workers stall, but senators ready to compromise - Roll Call

The Senate blocked dueling bills to pay federal workers during the partial government shutdown, but a compromise could be in the works.

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Merkley yields floor after third-longest speech in Senate history - Roll Call

Sen. Jeff Merkley's overnight remarks ending early Wednesday evening put him in the top tier of lengthy floor speeches in the chamber's history.

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Senate Republicans to lunch in Rose Garden as shutdown continues - Roll Call

President Donald Trump is expected to host Senate Republicans for a lunch on Tuesday, while the partial government shutdown continues.

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Republican senators keep telling Pam Bondi that Biden ‘tapped’ their phones. Here’s what really happened

‘Arctic Frost’ investigation sought call logs from senators immediately before and after January 6

The Independent UK

This week: Senate returns with clock ticking toward shutdown - Roll Call

Senators return to the Capitol on Monday evening with just one full day for work ahead of a partial government shutdown.

Roll Call

Rinse and repeat: US vaccine hearing on unpublished study debates same myths

Research comparing chronic illness in vaccinated and non-vaccinated kids had never been peer-reviewed, nor is any of its data available

The Guardian - US

Kennedy defends CDC shake-up, accusing medical experts of lies - Roll Call

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unrepentant at a Senate hearing Thursday when pressed on his recent actions on vaccines.

Roll Call

Mexico Deploys Elite Police Unit To Counter Criminal Organizations In The Arizona-Sonora Border

Mexican authorities deployed an elite unit to counter criminal organizations operating across the Arizona-Sonora border

Latin Times

‘Progressive leftist saboteur’: How Laura Loomer’s single-handely got Donald Trump’s choice fired

Loomer's latest victory.

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Senate panel approves bill to ban elected officials' stock trades - Roll Call

The measure would bar lawmakers, the president and vice president from purchasing stocks and other “covered investments.”

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Vaccine divide widens after CDC committee shake-up - Roll Call

Dozens of pediatricians came to Capitol Hill seeking continued access to routine shots for kids, a month after the Trump administration cleaned house at the federal vaccine advisory committee.

The Independent UK

How a handful of Republicans learned to stop worrying and love the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ after switching their votes

Republicans who thought the spending cuts were insufficient or that the bill cut too much into Medicaid suddenly seem at ease with their vote, Eric Garcia writes

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‘Finally happening’: Hollywood reject Kevin Sorbo is thrilled about something again that won’t resurrect his long-dead career

In the dead of night.

The Guardian - US

Senate Republicans advance Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill in key vote

Clearing an important procedural hurdle, the Senate voted 51 to 49 to open debate on the legislation

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Senate Republicans vote to advance Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

The US president’s sweeping tax cut and spending bill clears its first hurdle in the Senate.

Latin Times

GOP Lawmakers Issue Ultimatum to Demand Changes to Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' or Face Rejection: 'All Three of Us Have to Be Yes'

A trio of Senate conservatives threaten to derail budget reconciliation unless GOP leaders agree to steep spending cuts and rollbacks of green energy subsidies.

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‘Nobody’s pushed back on my numbers’: Lone GOP senator revolts against party’s $2.8 trillion deficit-busting megabill

Ron Johnson stands alone against fiscal fantasy.

Latin Times

GOP Sen. Rand Paul Says He Won't Be 'The Deciding Vote' On Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill': 'They'll Negotiate With Me'

Republican Senator Rand Paul said he won't be "the deciding vote" on President Donald Trump's budget bill, and should that be the case the administration will negotiate with him

Latin Times

GOP Sen. Rand Paul Shifts Tone On Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill,' Says He's 'Not An Absolute No'

Republican Senator Rand Paul seemed to soften his stance regarding President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," saying he's "not an absolute no" on it

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‘You’ve been so negative’: Trump scolds Ron Johnson into backing down from fierce megabill opposition

Someone just got schooled.

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Trump wants tanks ‘all over the place’ at parade; Democrats see ‘egotistical’ show - Roll Call

President Trump's military parade will feature hundreds of combat vehicles and thousands of troops, bringing warnings from Democrats.

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