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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) government barreled towards its first shutdown in six years Tuesday, with funding expiring at midnight after Democrats fought a war of words with Donald Trump and senators rejected a last-ditch bid to keep the lights on.
Despite frenetic negotiations in Congress, there has been no breakthrough between Democrats and Republicans to fund the government beyond Tuesday — which marks the end of the fiscal year.
With just hours to spare, Senate Republicans tried to rubber-stamp a Hou
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