President Trump has signed a 1.2 trillion dollar spending bill to end a partial government shutdown
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What led to the end of the government shutdown?
The brief shutdown is over. I'm Lisa Lucera, Fox News.
Inside. Inside.
President Trump in the Oval Office signing a bill that would fund the government through the end of September.
We've succeeded in passing a fiscally responsible package that actually cuts wasteful federal spending while supporting critical programs for the safety, security and prosperity of the American people.
The $1.2 trillion measure passed the House this morning with a vote of 217 to 214. 21 Republicans sided with Democrats in voting against it, while 21 Democrats voted in favor. But the fight is not over. The package only funds the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks. Democrats are calling for more reforms for the Department of Homeland Security.
They do have some good ideas, I think.
What are the details of the $1.2 trillion spending bill?
But I've got a better idea. It's your idea. in sanctuary cities.
South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, one reform that has been put in place, ICE agents in Minneapolis will begin wearing body cameras and that policy will be rolled out nationwide as funding becomes available. Asked about nationalizing elections, the president urged Congress to give the federal government a bigger role in administering elections across the country.
If a state can't run an election, I think the people behind me should do something about it.
The president with the comments, while surrounded by Republican lawmakers, states have the power to administer elections as outlined in the Constitution. Some Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, have said they're not in favor of that, but are in favor of stricter voter ID laws. There are signs of forced entry at Nancy Guthrie's home. That's according to the Associated Press. The 84-year-old mother of Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie was last seen Saturday night. Authorities believe she was taken against her will. There are reports of a ransom note. The sheriff's office neither confirming nor denying that. America's listening to Fox News.
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President Trump is doubling down with new threats against Harvard University. President Trump wants Harvard to pay a billion-dollar settlement to restore federal funding. It came just hours after the New York Times reported that he had dropped his administration's demand for a $200 million payment to the U.S. government. In a social media post, Trump said investigations of Harvard should now be, quote, criminal, not civil. Harvard University has been a target of President Trump's push to exert more control over higher education. In September, a federal judge restored more than $2 billion in federal research funding to Harvard, which the government is appealing. Other universities, like Columbia, Brown, and Cornell, have signed deals with the Trump administration.
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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son and one-time heir apparent of Libya's late dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in the town of Zintan, 85 miles southwest of the capital, Tripoli.
How are Democrats responding to the new funding measures?
There are reports he was shot by gunmen in his home. The U.S. has announced the flag bearers for the Olympics opening ceremony.
Three days ahead of the opening ceremony for the 25th Winter Olympics, Team USA announced Tuesday that its contingency of 232 athletes who will compete in the Winter Games of Milan and Cortina, Italy, will be led into the stadium Friday in the Parade of Nations by flag bearers speed skater Aaron Jackson and bobsledder Frank Del Duca.
What reforms are being proposed for the Department of Homeland Security?
Jackson, the first black woman who won a Winter Olympics gold medal in an individual sport, took home gold in the 500 meters at the 2022 Games in Beijing and became the first black American just to medal in speed skating. Del Duca, 34 years old from Maine, is competing in his second Winter Olympics for Team USA.
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