Lawmakers returned to Washington on Tuesday (November 11th), after a 53-day recess, facing crowded airports across the country for a vote that could end the longest US government shutdown in history. With more than 1,000 flights canceled on Tuesday due to the shutdown, lawmakers, including Republicans Rick Crawford of Arkansas and Trent Kelly of Mississippi, said they would drive to the Capitol, while Representative Derrick Van Orden said he would drive 16 hours from Wisconsin on his motorcycle. "It's going to be a little cold, but I'm going to do my job," the Republican said in a video...
Even as a U.S.–China trade truce appears to be holding, analysts caution that the détente remains fragile in a rivalry increasingly defined by strategic competition. A flurry of decisions, outlined in the sweeping trade deal struck by U.S. President Donald Trump with Chinese leader Xi Jinping last month, took effect on Monday, with rollbacks of steep tariffs and export controls. The U.S. halved fentanyl-linked tariffs on imports from China to 10% and extended for a year a truce that lowered the reciprocal tariff rate from 34% to 10%. In return, China's Ministry of Commerce rolled back...
The House of Representatives will attempt to end the longest government shutdown in US history on Wednesday, voting on a stopgap funding package to restart disrupted food aid, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers, and restart the crippled air traffic control system. Republicans currently hold a slim 219-213 majority in the House. However, President Donald Trump's support for the bill is expected to keep his party united in the face of stiff opposition from House Democrats, angered that a prolonged stalemate waged by their colleagues in the Senate failed to secure a deal to extend...