US Senate Rejects Bill to Restore Federal Worker Pay

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Senate Fails To Advance Bill To Pay Essential Workers During Shutdown
The Senate on Friday voted and failed to advance a bill that would exempt essential workers and military personnel from the government shutdown.

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US Senate rejects bill to restore federal worker pay, remains at odds over shutdown
Senate Democrats block GOP-led bill to pay federal workers as shutdown stalemate deepens
Senators to work through the weekend on shutdown as Republicans and Democrats are still far apart
Senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the government shutdown began more than a month ago, hoping to find bipartisan resolution that has so far eluded them as government w...

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Trump hosts Central Asian leaders as US eyes sources for rare earth metals
Senate convenes for crucial vote as government shutdown enters Day 38
Thune eyes shutdown vote after ‘wheels came off’ bipartisan talks
“AlI know is that the pep rally they had a lunch yesterday evidently changed some minds. I thought we were on a track. We had given them everything they wanted — or had asked for — and at some point ...

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Government shutdown impasse stretches on as Senate Republicans reject Democrats' health care offer
Senators to vote again on revised bill to end shutdown. Live updates

Sen. Tammy Baldwin introduces bill to fund Head Start during shutdown

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, introduced legislation to restore funding to Head Start programs as some have been forced to close because of the government shutdown.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to a potential procedrual vote on an interim spending bill

Senate Republicans seek Democratic support to break filibuster on government funding bill. Bipartisan talks could lead to vote as early as tomorrow to reopen government.

The obscure federal employees footing the bill during the shutdown

Essential federal court employees are going above and beyond to provide vital services for attorneys and judges.

New Florida House bill to expand where smoking is prohibited, ban marijuana smoking in public places

Marijuana would be added to places where smoking tobacco is banned, under a House bill Thursday that would also expand where smoking is prohibited.

Is your electric bill going up? AI is partly to blame

Electric bills are also going up because of increased power demand. For the first two decades of this century, demand for electricity barely budged. But in the last few years, people and businesses have been plugging in more and more. The Energy Department expects demand to grow 2.2% this year and 2.4% next year.

Bill Gates doesn’t regret his controversial climate memo

Bill Gates, in a talk at Caltech on Monday night, defended his stance on shifting funds away from climate change mitigation and toward global human health efforts.

Greensburg bill aims to crack down on false fire alarms

Greensburg firefighters say they're tired of racing to calls that turn out to be nothing. They say nearly one in five alarms they respond to is false, and now the city's ready to crack down on property owners who don't fix the problem.

Here are 6 'Beautiful Bill' tax changes that will benefit wealthy Americans

Tax season is approaching. Tax breaks that were extended as part of President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" will mainly benefit high-net-worth and high-income people.
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