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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump ratified a last-minute budget Bill after it was passed at dawn today — avoiding a government shutdown by the skin of his teeth.
Millions of federal employees faced being sent home from work or going unpaid if temporary funding legislation passed last month expired without a replacement measure being put in place.
But the lower House of Representatives debated through the night to approve a $400 billion (£290bn) Bill passed by the Senate late yesterday.
Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Trump’s cruel Bill will deprive millions of essential medical support while escalating deportations and rewarding the super-rich, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
