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Schumer to support GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Updated 6:41 PM CDT, March 13, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led government funding bill that has fiercely divided Democrats under pressure to impose limits on the Trump administration.

Schumer told Democrats privately during a spirited closed-door lunch and then made public remarks ahead of voting Friday, which will be hours before the midnight deadline to keep government running. The New York senator said as bad as the GOP bill is, a shutdown would be worse, giving President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk “carte blanche” as they tear through the government.

“Trump has taken a blowtorch to our country and wielded chaos like a weapon,” Schumer said. “For Donald Trump, a shutdown would be a gift. It would be the best distraction he could ask for from his awful agenda.”

The move by Schumer brings a potential resolution to what has been a dayslong standoff. Senate Democrats have mounted a last-ditch protest over the package, which already passed the House but without slapping any limits they were demanding on Trump and billionaire Musk’s efforts to gut federal operations. ...

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Dr. Oz to face Senate hearing over nomination to head Medicare, Medicaid

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Former heart surgeon and television host Dr. Mehmet Oz is set to face questions Friday from the Senate's finance committee over his nomination to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under President Trump.

After Friday's hearing, the GOP-led finance committee will schedule a vote on whether to send Oz's nomination to the full Senate, where he is likely to be approved given the Republican majority. If confirmed, Oz would be the administrator charged with overseeing the nearly $1.5 trillion spent by the federal government on Medicare...
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DOGE lease cancellations: Which government offices could be closed this year and when

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The General Services Administration, working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, has notified landlords that federal agencies will be terminating hundreds of leases for offices and buildings in the coming months
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Trump admin cracks down on groups tied to Iran targeting US citizens, sanctions Iranian-linked Swedish gang

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump administration unveiled new sanctions on Wednesday against an Iranian-linked Swedish gang that coordinated an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm in January 2024, according to the Treasury Department.

The sanctions freeze assets for members and those affiliated with the Foxtrot Network, a transnational criminal organization that the Treasury Department said is one of the most "prominent" drug trafficking organizations in the region. The sanctions also single out and target the group’s fugitive leader, Rawa Majid.

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Power bank likely caused S Korea plane fire, investigators say

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Air Busan plane was destroyed in January when a fire broke out inside the cabin.
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Is Putin ready for a ceasefire or playing for time?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Russia is ready for a halt in fighting, says Vladimir Putin, but he says there are "nuances".
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RFK Jr. has made several claims about measles. Here's what the science says.

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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RFK Jr. has claimed measles can be treated with vitamin A and that severe infection is linked to poor diet. But many experts who spoke with ABC News disagreed.
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WATCH: American Airlines flight catches fire at Denver airport

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The incident involving an American Airlines plane took place Thursday evening at Denver International Airport.
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USPS signs agreement with DOGE, agrees to cut 10,000 workers: ‘Broken business model’

  • News source: FOX News
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U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy informed members of Congress on Thursday he has signed an agreement with the General Services Administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget.

In a letter to Congress, DeJoy lamented that the Postal Service has a "broken business model that was not financially sustainable without critically necessary and core change."

"Fixing a broken organization that had experienced close to $100 billion in losses and was...
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British man killed by president's convoy in Kenya hit-and-run

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The car did not stop after hitting Edgar Charles Frederick, 79, on a road in the capital, Nairobi.
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Fierce protests as eight-year-old rape victim dies in Bangladesh

  • News source: BBC News - World
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An angry mob set fire to the house where the rape is alleged to have taken place.
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Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva dies after battle with cancer

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Grijalva had served in the House since 2003 and was a former co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus.
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Convicted Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to obstruction of justice, calls himself ‘proud patriot'

  • News source: FOX News
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Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member convicted of leaking highly classified documents about the war in Ukraine, used his court-martial Thursday to describe himself as a "proud patriot" who was trying to expose the supposed "lies" of the Biden administration.

After pleading guilty to military charges of obstructing justice, the 23-year-old acknowledged he knew his actions were illegal but felt he needed to share the truth about how the Biden administration was, in his view, misleading the American public about the war in...
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US influencer who snatched baby wombat has left Australia

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Anger erupted after Jones posted a video of her taking a baby wombat from its distraught mother.
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Fierce protests as eight-year-old rape victim dies in Bangladesh

  • News source: BBC News - World
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An angry mob set fire to the house where the rape is alleged to have taken place.
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Trump threatens 200% tariff on alcohol from EU

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Wine and spirits will be taxed, Trump says, if the EU does not remove tariffs on US whiskey.
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