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Senate to vote on stopgap bill on Saturday after House Republican measure fails – as it happened

House leadership announces votes expected for Saturday after McCarthy suffers another blog when lawmakers rejected short-term funding bill

The Guardian - US · Sep 29, 2023

Tributes to Dianne Feinstein pour in after death at 90: ‘A political pioneer’

‘She was one of the most powerful voices in the Senate, and she blazed a trail for generations of women who followed her into elected office,’ Sen Kirsten Gillibrand wrote

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

Supreme Court justices' ideologies don't always fit 'liberal' and 'conservative' labels

When the Supreme Court is in the news for overturning a long-standing precedent or violating standard judicial ethics, the news is often accompanied by the description of one or more justices as liberal or conservative.

The Conversation · Sep 29, 2023

Lessons for today from the overlooked stories of Black teachers during the segregated civil rights era

My grandmother’s name was Mrs. Zola Jackson.

The Conversation · Sep 29, 2023

Florida minimum wage to increase from $11 to $12 on Sept. 30

Florida’s minimum wage will increase by $1, from $11.00 per hour to $12.00 per hour, on Sept. 30, 2023.

Ballotpedia · Sep 29, 2023

Here’s how Trump rated each of his GOP rivals in the second GOP debate

Former president took to Truth Social to offer his thoughts on the second Republican Party debate held on 27 September

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

A green card processing change means US could lose thousands of faith leaders from abroad

Because of a procedural change in how the U.S. government processes some green cards, faith communities across the country may lose thousands of leaders and workers

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

Republicans urge the ignorant to ‘just say no’ to science

Too many Americans now don’t trust the credentialed “elitists” with their graduate degrees and years of research. They’d rather go with the charismatic dunce who cheated his way through high school and can barely speak in complete sentences.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 29, 2023

Biden is right to praise the auto strike. His climate agenda depends on it

The president has a golden opportunity to prove that green jobs will bear dividends for the working class

The Guardian - US · Sep 29, 2023

Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers furloughed at national parks if government shuts down

Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers will be furloughed from national park sites if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023