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US media reports congressional leaders have agreed on a ‘continuing resolution’, which extends deadlinesUS congressional leaders have agreed on a two-tranche stopgap spending bill to keep the federal government funded into March and avert a partial government shutdown starting late next week, US media reported on Saturday.Politico, CNN and Punchbowl reported that congressional leaders have agreed on what is called a “continuing resolution” or...

President’s son switches gears and says he will speak to Congress members seeking to impeach his fatherHunter Biden offered on Friday to comply with any new subpoena and testify in private before House Republicans seeking to impeach his father over alleged but unproven corruption, an attorney for Joe Biden’s son said.“If you issue a new proper subpoena, now that there is a duly authorised...

Ex-president tries to walk fine line on issue, saying Republicans with extreme positions have been ‘decimated’ in electionsDonald Trump, the former US president, boasted about the “miracle” of ending the constitutional right to abortion but warned that Republicans who tout extreme bans are being “decimated” in elections.Trump was put on the spot on Wednesday during a Fox News town hall in Des Moines, Iowa,...

With less than a week to go before the first-in-the-country Iowa caucuses two challengers to Donald Trump make their caseFact checks: ImmigrationHaley said that millions of people who cross the border should be deported “because they are jumping the line”. This is a mischaracterization of how immigration policy works. Migrants at the border are allowed to just show up and ask for asylum, per...