The Senate voted 88-9 to approve a short-term spending bill to fund the government through Nov. 17.
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Gebel began treatment at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital after her Seattle doctor taught hospital staffers there how to administer her chemo regimen. Then the bill came.
What happens to health programs if the federal government shuts down?
Medicare and Medicaid are mandatory spending programs and that keeps them relatively safe in the early days of the shutdown, but 42% of the Department of Health’s staff will be furloughed.
5 things to know about the 14th Amendment effort to block Trump from the presidency
Some legal scholars and activists say an obscure provision of the Constitution, dating back to just after the Civil War, should disqualify Donald Trump from a second White House term.
Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New Deal
The White House says the program will provide paid training to 20,000 Americans in its first year. It’s much smaller than its New Deal predecessor, but targets a more diverse group of young people.
Climate change exacerbates deadly floods worldwide
Climate change makes deadly floods, like what happened in Libya, more likely. Floods in China, Greece and Brazil in recent weeks underscore the growing danger.