43-day logjam ends: US lawmakers vote to end record govt shutdown — key points

43-day logjam ends: US lawmakers vote to end record govt shutdown — key points

The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature after a historic 43-day funding lapse.The lapse had left federal workers without multiple paychecks, travellers stranded at airports, and people queuing at food banks to get a meal for their…

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From toasted to roasted: Trump wines sales in military cantonments invite flak

From toasted to roasted: Trump wines sales in military cantonments invite flak

US President Donald Trump (AP photo) TOI Correspondent from Washington: Growing allegations that the Trump family is drunk with power took a new high this week following a Forbes report that US military stores are now selling Trump-branded wines.The controversy erupted after the magazine reported that Trump-labelled wines and ciders had appeared on shelves of…

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