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Top State Dept official blasts Democrats in unusually partisan message to staff
By Simon Lewis, Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top U.S. State Department official for management blamed Democrats for the looming government shutdown in an unusually par...
Sep 30, 2025
US government funding bill falling short of votes to pass in Senate, voting continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic bill to keep the U.S. government funded past Tuesday was falling short of the votes needed for passage in the Senate, raising the risk of a shutdown beginning in ju...
Sep 30, 2025
Trump says Harvard to pay $500 million in deal with administration
By Nandita Bose, Brad Brooks and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration had reached a deal with Harvard University after months of negot...
Sep 30, 2025
Factbox-How a US government shutdown would affect USDA data, nutrition programs and operations
By Leah Douglas, P.J. Huffstutter and Julie Ingwersen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Market-sensitive commodity data reports released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and nutrition programs that feed mill...
Sep 30, 2025
US SEC tells staff to prep for shutdown contingencies at midnight
By Chris Prentice and Douglas Gillison NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday told employees to prepare for a potential lapse in funding, according to an email seen...
Sep 30, 2025
Factbox-How the US government shutdown affects economic data publishing
(Reuters) -The U.S. government on Tuesday appeared to be headed for a large-scale shutdown of federal operations starting on Wednesday - including a suspension of economic data publication - as Republ...
Sep 30, 2025
Judge blocks Trump from cutting counterterrorism funds for Democratic-led states
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -A federal judge in Rhode Island on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting $233 million in counterterrorism grants funds for Democratic-led stat...
Sep 30, 2025
Fear, praise, and silence: Reactions to Trump's military gathering
(Fixes grammatical error in first paragraph) By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's speeches at a rare gathering of U.S. ...
Sep 30, 2025
FTC sues Zillow and Redfin, alleging suppression of rental advertising competition
(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it sued real estate and rental listing websites Zillow and Redfin over what the regulatory agency called an illegal agreement to suppress r...
Sep 30, 2025
Factbox-US government shutdown: What would stay open, what would close
By Courtney Rozen and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. government services would be disrupted if President Donald Trump and Congress do not agree on a spending bill by midnight on Tuesday. Hun...
Sep 30, 2025
