The Economist4d
The Starmer government looks a poor guardian of England’s improving schools
Yet England’s schools are a clear exception. Pupils are increasingly numerate and literate, compared with peers abroad. In ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston16d
Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean
Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government or federal agencies will shut down, meaning hundreds of thousands of federal employees could be sent home — or ...
CBS News16d
What was in the continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown? See key details from the failed spending bill.
Read more details about the new bill here. The 1,500 page measure, known as a continuing resolution, would have done more than keep the government funded at current levels to prevent a government ...
USA Today17d
When is the government shutdown deadline? What to know as shutdown looms
Editor's note: Follow along here for government shutdown updates on Friday, Dec. 20. In the midst of a looming government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump has come out against Congress ...
USA Today17d
Congress avoids serious government shutdown – for now – after lawmakers reach bipartisan deal
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers have reached a bipartisan deal to temporarily avoid a major shutdown, keeping the government open through at least mid-March and boosting disaster relief efforts after ...
Time17d
Bipartisan Government Funding Plan Collapses After Trump Intervenes Days Before Shutdown
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans ...
U.S. News & World Report18d
First France, Now Germany: What Is Going On in Europe?
German lawmakers voted this week to dissolve the government. French President Emmanuel Macron recently named the country’s fourth prime minister in a year’s span. What on earth is happening ...
Chicago Tribune18d
Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans ...
CNN18d
Here’s what’s in and out of the government funding agreement
The Senate approved a slimmed-down, temporary government spending plan early ... transparency and change the industry’s compensation structure, said Ross Margulies, partner at Manatt, Phelps ...
Military Times18d
Plan to avert government shutdown does not include extra VA funds
House and Senate lawmakers need to pass a budget extension this week to prevent a partial government shutdown. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Congressional leaders included a new mandate on quarterly ...
TechCrunch19d
UK consults on opt-out model for training AIs on copyrighted content
The U.K. government is consulting on an opt-out copyright regime for AI training that would require rights holders to take active steps if they don’t want their intellectual property to become ...