By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed spending ...

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The White House has announced that President Biden signed a stopgap funding bill into law on Saturday, extending government ...

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