The Senate will return today after failing last week to advance a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government until Nov. 21.

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President Donald Trump arrived this morning in Japan, where he’ll meet new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for the first time.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution to end what is now the the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history.

A trade deal between the U.S. and China is drawing closer, officials from the world’s two largest economies said Sunday as they reached an initial consensus for Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to aim to finalize during their high-stakes meeting.

The USDA is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program con

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