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After weeks of failed efforts and failed votes, a legislative motion was approved in the upper chamber with a 60 to 40 vote, as a group of eight lawmakers joined all Republicans to advance a funding solution that would fund most government departments through January.

The measure now heads to the lower chamber, which is expected to consider the bill on Wednesday.

The Democratic lawmakers has expressed outrage at the those who voted against the party, with senior Democratic senator the Senate Democratic leader now receiving demands to resign as Democratic leader.

“The senator is ineffective and should be replaced,” said congressman Ro Khanna, who represents the Silicon Valley region of California. “Failing to take a stand to stop medical costs from increasing rapidly for Americans, where is the commitment?”

When asked Monday if he supported the legislative deal to end the government shutdown, the President said he would “honor the compromise,” calling it “positive.”

Senate Advances Budget Deal Projected to End Record US Funding Gap

The upper house on Monday advanced a budget bill that is likely to bring to a close the longest government shutdown in US history, after a group of Democratic senators defected and voted with Republicans, in a decision that has enraged many in their group.

He Warns media outlet with $1bn Legal Action Over Alteration of Address in Program

The leader threatened legal action against the broadcaster and praised the resignations of two of its most senior figures after a effort against the broadcaster that escalated over claims that its key television program in 2024 used a doctored clip of a Trump speech.

Attorneys representing Trump said that the outlet must retract the Panorama documentary by Friday or be sued for “no less” than $1bn, according to American news sources who mentioned the document. The BBC has stated it had obtained a letter and said it will reply in due course.

US Supreme Court Denies Appeal to Overturn Judgment Legalizing Marriage Equality

The judges, without statement, dismissed a legal challenge from the former clerk, the ex-official who resisted to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the national court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v Hodges.

Legal representatives repeatedly invoked the words of Judge Thomas, who uniquely among the court members has called for erasing the gay marriage judgment.

Hegseth Says Six People Killed in Two New Attacks on Alleged Narcotics Vessels

The Trump administration’s defense secretary said: “The ships were recognized by our sources to be involved in illegal trade, were moving narcotics, and were transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route in the Eastern Pacific.”

However, the administration has not yet make public any concrete evidence that its targets were moving illegal substances or posed a threat to the US.

Justices to Decide if Local Governments Can Include Ballots Received After Election Day

The legal dispute, Watson v Republican National Committee, involves a challenge to a Mississippi law that enables ballots to be tallied if they are obtained within one week of the election.

Voting administrators in the region, pointing to historical practice, argue that a citizen has submitted their vote on or before election day the instant a vote is postmarked in the delivery service, and that how it reaches an administration building after that is an logistical concern.

What Else Happened Today:

• Donald Trump chastised overworked aviation staff, pointed fingers and uncertainty in regarding negative economic reports and asserted that expanded eligibility to government aid had put “America in danger,” in an exclusive interview on the channel Monday evening.

• The BBC’s editing of his Capitol remarks caused controversy – but what did he really say?

• the convict, Epstein’s former partner and accomplice who is undergoing a 20-year prison sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a “pardon appeal” for the government to review, according to fresh accusations from a insider shared with congressional members.

• The US government has sent $7.5m to the regime of Equatorial Guinea, one of the world’s most repressive and corrupt regimes, to receive noncitizen deportees from the US to the region, according to a leading congressional Democrat, current and former state department officials and official records.

• Thailand has suspended the implementation of a peace agreement with adjacent Cambodia after a explosion injured two Thai soldiers near the boundary, heightening disputes between the neighbours who fought in July. He facilitated a truce between the two Asian countries, after a short confrontation.

• The US stated a limited pause of restrictions on the nation after a historic meeting in Washington DC between its head of state, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and Trump.