Last-gasp drama moves US away from government shutdown ...Middle East

WASHINGTON: Last-gasp moves to prevent a US government shutdown took a dramatic step forward Saturday, as Democrats overwhelmingly backed an eleventh-hour Republican measure to keep federal funding going for 45 days, albeit with a freeze on aid to Ukraine.The stopgap proposal adopted by the House of Representatives with a vote of 335-91 was pitched by Speaker Kevin McCarthy just hours before a midnight shutdown deadline that would have seen millions of federal employees and military personnel sent home or required to work without pay.The deal still has to be approved by the Democrat-controlled Senate.CNN quoted an administration official as saying the White House would likely support the bil

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