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  • Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) arrives at Democratic Party caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/ File Photo

    Factbox: What happens in a U.S. government shutdown?

    By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker, Reuters

    In shutdowns, nonessential government employees are furloughed, or placed on temporary unpaid leave. Workers deemed essential, including those dealing with public safety and national security, keep...

  • FILE PHOTO - Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin listens as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a tax reform industry meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Trump Tries to Sell Tax Reform to Democrats

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump intensified his efforts to sell Democrats on his tax reform plan on Wednesday even as Senate Republicans edged closer to passing a budget measure that...

  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Senate Republicans Gain Crucial Support for Budget Vital to Tax Reform

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday gained crucial support for a vote on a budget resolution that is vital to President Donald Trump's hopes of signing sweeping tax reform...

  • FILE PHOTO: Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

    No Talk of Ousting Speaker Ryan, Key Conservative Says

    By Reuters

    Many Republicans are unhappy with the deal President Donald Trump reached last week with Democratic leaders to raise the government's debt ceiling and allow it to continue financing federal spending...

  • FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is lit at sunset in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

    Congress sends Trump disaster aid, debt limit increase

    By Richard Cowan and Amanda Becker, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to provide disaster aid, extend the debt ceiling and fund the federal government for three months on Friday, delivering on...

  • Cliff Deal Will Cost Some Lawmakers' Jobs: Gephardt

    By Chris Frates, Government Executive

    Getting a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff is going to cost some lawmakers their jobs. “There are people who are going to have to vote for this and they’re going to lose their next election. I can...

  • Chavez undergoes cancer surgery in Cuba

    Chavez undergoes cancer surgery in Cuba

    By Andrew Cawthorne and Daniel Wallis, Reuters

    CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba on Tuesday for a cancer recurrence that has thrown his presidency into jeopardy and upended politics in the South American OPEC...

  • Split the Difference and We Could Have a Cliff Deal

    By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

    While there's no public evidence of a deal between President Obama and GOP leaders over the fiscal cliff, it's possible to see the contours of an agreement if the two sides split the difference on...

  • Italy's Monti warns against populism as Berlusconi attacks

    Italy's Monti warns against populism as Berlusconi attacks

    By James Mackenzie, Reuters

    ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti warned against a slide into populism on Tuesday as Silvio Berlusconi attacked his technocrat government, accusing it of failed "Germano-centric"...

  • Greece extends buyback offer to Tuesday- debt agency

    Greece extends buyback offer to Tuesday- debt agency

    By Reuters

    ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece extended a debt buyback invitation that forms part of its international bailout for a day and a half to try to get more offers from bondholders, its debt agency (PDMA) said...