{"id":171455,"date":"2025-11-11T09:49:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-senate-passes-funding-package-to-end-shutdown-after-democrats-break-ranks-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T09:49:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:49:03","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-senate-passes-funding-package-to-end-shutdown-after-democrats-break-ranks-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-senate-passes-funding-package-to-end-shutdown-after-democrats-break-ranks-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Senate passes funding package to end shutdown after Democrats break ranks – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump said he would \u201cabide by the deal\u201d struck by US lawmakers \u2013 key US politics stories from 10 November 2025
After weeks of false starts and failed votes, a procedural vote passed in the US Senate with a 60-40 tally, as seven Democrats and one independent<\/a> joining all Republicans to advance a compromise deal that would fund most federal agencies through January.
The bill now passes to the House, which is expected to vote on the measure on Wednesday.
The Democratic caucus has aimed anger at the defectors, and with top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer<\/strong>, who now faces calls to resign as minority leader.
\u201cSenator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced,\u201d said congressman Ro Khanna<\/strong>, who represents the Silicon Valley region of California. \u201cIf you can\u2019t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?\u201d
When asked Monday if he supported the Senate agreement to end the government shutdown, Trump said he would \u201cabide by the deal\u201d, calling it \u201cvery good.\u201d
The Senate on Monday advanced a <\/strong>funding package that is expected to bring to a close the longest government shutdown<\/a> in US history, after a coalition of Democrats broke from their party and voted with Republicans, in a move that has enraged<\/a> many in their caucus.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The president threatened legal action against the BBC<\/a> and welcomed the resignations of two of its most senior figures after a campaign against the broadcaster that reached fever pitch over criticism that its flagship documentary programme in 2024 used a misleading edit of a Trump speech.
Lawyers for the US president said that the BBC<\/a> must retract the Panorama documentary by Friday or face a lawsuit for \u201cno less\u201d than $1bn (\u00a3760m), according to US media outlets who cited the letter. The BBC has confirmed it had received a letter and said it will respond in due course.
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The justices, without comment, turned away an appeal from Kim Davis<\/a>, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court\u2019s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v Hodges.
Davis\u2019 lawyers repeatedly invoked the words of Justice Clarence Thomas, who alone among the nine justices has called for erasing the same-sex marriage ruling.
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The Trump administration\u2019s defense secretary said: \u201cThese vessels were known by our intelligence to be associated with illicit narcotics smuggling, were carrying narcotics, and were transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route in the Eastern Pacific.\u201d
However, Washington has yet to make public any concrete evidence that its targets were smuggling narcotics or posed a threat to the US.
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The case, Watson v Republican National Committee<\/a>, involves a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows ballots to count if they are received within five business days of election day.
Election officials in Mississippi<\/a>, citing longstanding precedent, argue that a voter has cast their ballot on or before election day the moment a ballot is postmarked in the mail, and that how it gets to an election office after that is an administrative issue.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump chastised overwhelmed air traffic controllers, cast blame and doubt in response to poor economic indicators and claimed that increased access to food stamps had put \u201cthe country in jeopardy\u201d<\/a><\/strong>, in an exclusive interview on Fox News Monday evening.
The BBC\u2019s editing of Trump\u2019s January 6 speech caused controversy \u2013 but what did he really say?<\/a><\/strong>
Ghislaine Maxwell<\/a>, Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>\u2019s longtime associate and co-conspirator who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex-trafficking crimes<\/a>, is reportedly preparing a \u201ccommutation application\u201d for the Trump administration to review<\/a><\/strong>, according to new allegations from a whistleblower shared with House Democrats.
The United States has sent $7.5m to the government of Equatorial Guinea<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s most repressive and corrupt regimes, to accept noncitizen deportees from the US to the West African nation<\/a><\/strong>, according to a leading congressional Democrat, current and former state department officials and public government data.
Thailand has suspended the implementation of a peace agreement with neighbouring Cambodia<\/a> after a landmine blast injured two Thai soldiers near the border<\/strong>, escalating tensions between the neighbours who clashed in July. Trump helped broker a peace deal<\/a> between the two southeast Asian nations, after a five-day border conflict<\/a>.
The US has announced a partial suspension of sanctions on Syria<\/a><\/strong> after a historic meeting in Washington DC between its new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and Donald Trump.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened 9 November<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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