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Following weeks of false starts and failed votes, a procedural vote succeeded in the US Senate with a clear majority, as seven Democrats and one independent sided with all Republicans to push through a compromise deal that would fund most federal agencies through January.

The bill now heads to the House, which is projected to decide on the bill on Wednesday.

The Democratic caucus has expressed outrage at the those who voted against the party, with top Senate Democrat the Senate Democratic leader now facing calls to leave his post as Democratic leader.

“Senator Schumer is ineffective and should be succeeded,” said lawmaker the California congressman, who covers the tech hub of California. “Without leadership on this issue to stop insurance rates from rising sharply for Americans, what issues matter?”

When questioned Monday if he backed the funding compromise to end the government shutdown, Trump said he would “follow the agreement,” calling it “positive.”

Upper Chamber Approves Budget Deal Projected to Conclude Longest US Government Shutdown

The Senate on Monday advanced a funding package that is expected to resolve the longest government shutdown in US history, after a several lawmakers broke from their party and joined Republicans, in a move that has angered many in their party.

Trump Promises media outlet with Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Editing of Address in Film

The chief executive threatened legal action against the BBC and applauded the exits of two of its leading officials after a effort against the outlet that intensified over criticism that its premier documentary series in 2024 used a doctored clip of a Trump speech.

Lawyers for the US president said that the outlet must retract the Panorama documentary by Friday or be sued for “no less” than $1bn, according to US media outlets who mentioned the letter. The broadcaster has stated it had been sent a communication and said it will reply in due course.

High Court Rejects Call to Reverse Judgment Permitting Gay Marriage

The court members, without comment, turned away a legal challenge from Kim Davis, the ex-official who resisted to grant marriage licenses to LGBTQ pairs after the national court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v Hodges.

Davis’ lawyers frequently cited the statements of Judge Thomas, who alone among the court members has advocated erasing the same-sex marriage ruling.

Pentagon Chief Reports Six Individuals Killed in Recent Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats

The military chief said: “The ships were known by our agencies to be involved in drug trafficking, were moving narcotics, and were traveling along a established drug smuggling path in the Eastern Pacific.”

However, Washington has yet to release any tangible data that its targets were smuggling narcotics or were dangerous to the US.

US Supreme Court to Rule if Local Governments Can Include Late-Arriving Mail Ballots

The lawsuit, the Mississippi case, addresses a dispute to a Mississippi law that allows ballots to count if they are collected within five business days of the election.

Election officials in the region, pointing to established tradition, argue that a voter has voted on or before the election the time a paper is postmarked in the mail, and that how it gets to an election office after that is an administrative issue.

What Else Happened Today:

• The President rebuked overwhelmed air traffic controllers, cast blame and doubt in regarding negative economic reports and claimed that expanded eligibility to nutrition assistance had put “America in risk,” in an special discussion on the channel Monday evening.

• The outlet’s modification of Trump’s January 6 speech sparked debate – what were his actual words?

• the convict, Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator and co-conspirator who is undergoing a two-decade term for trafficking offenses, reportedly working on a “clemency request” for the government to examine, according to new allegations from a source given to congressional members.

• The US government has transferred millions of dollars to the administration of the country, one of the world’s authoritarian and dishonest governments, to take in noncitizen deportees from the US to the region, according to a senior lawmaker, diplomatic sources and available information.

• Thailand has paused the execution of a peace agreement with neighbouring Cambodia after a landmine blast wounded two military personnel near the frontier, escalating tensions between the two countries who clashed in July. Trump mediated a peace deal between the two Asian countries, after a five-day border conflict.

• The US declared a limited pause of penalties on the Syrian government after a landmark encounter in the city between its head of state, al-Sharaa, and Trump.