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The US Congress has successfully avoided a government shutdown during the Christmas season after intense last-minute negotiations resulted in a bill to fund federal agencies through mid-March. Just minutes after the midnight deadline, senators expedited the voting process to pass the funding package, which prevented the need to prepare for a government shutdown and ensured that over 800,000 federal workers …

US lawmakers are urgently trying to avoid a government shutdown as Donald Trump and Elon Musk have disrupted a bipartisan deal that would have secured funding well past Christmas. With government funding set to expire at midnight, the House of Representatives, led by Republicans, must devise a temporary solution to replace the initial funding package, which seemed finalized before Trump’s …