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US Senate approves deal to fund government and discuss ICE restrictions

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Chuck Schumer speaks at a press conference with other members of Senate Democratic leadership at the US Capitol in Washington DC on Wednesday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

The US Senate approved a major government funding package on Friday, after the killings of two US citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis upended spending talks and gave the out-of-power party rare leverage over Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

In a 71-29 tally, the Senate overcame opposition from a handful of Republicans to rally behind a deal the president struck with Democrats, an unusual display of bipartisanship as tensions rise nationally over the presence of Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents in US cities.

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