The U.S. government has shut down for the first time since 2018, as federal funding expired at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday. While shutdowns are rare, they have occurred more often in recent decades.

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It was once more a day dominated by diplomacy as Donald Trump's team looked to shore up the US-brokered ceasefire agreement that came under strain over the weekend. Israel was meanwhile served with a ...

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PROLONGED SHUTDOWNS of America’s federal government have never gone well for the party the public sees as provoking them. On all three previous occasions when a shutdown has lasted at least a week, ...

SCRANTON — Facing a cash flow crisis as a result of the ongoing state budget impasse, the Scranton School District’s superintendent recently directed a “complete spending freeze” to safeguard the ...

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Easing inflation provides RBI a much needed headroom for policy easing ...