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After a period of failed efforts and failed votes, a Senate action succeeded in the upper chamber with a clear majority, as seven Democrats and one independent sided with all Republicans to move forward a compromise deal that would fund most federal agencies through January.

The bill now moves to the House, which is anticipated to vote on the proposal on Wednesday.

The party members has expressed outrage at the defectors, with top Senate Democrat the Senate Democratic leader now receiving demands to resign as Democratic leader.

“He is losing influence and should be succeeded,” said lawmaker Ro Khanna, who serves the tech hub of California. “Failing to take a stand to stop insurance rates from rising sharply for Americans, what will you fight for?”

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

Lawmakers Pass Budget Deal Projected to End Historic US Funding Gap

The Senate on Monday advanced a funding package that is likely to bring to a close the longest government shutdown in US history, after a coalition of Democrats broke from their party and joined Republicans, in a move that has frustrated many in their group.

Trump Warns BBC with $1bn Legal Action Over Alteration of Address in Documentary

The president threatened legal action against the network and applauded the departures of two of its leading officials after a effort against the outlet that escalated over allegations that its key television program in 2024 used a doctored clip of a presidential address.

Lawyers for the US president said that the outlet must withdraw the Panorama documentary by Friday or be sued for “at least” than $1bn, according to US media outlets who cited the document. The broadcaster has acknowledged it had been sent a letter and said it will reply in due course.

High Court Turns Down Request to Nullify Judgment Allowing Marriage Equality

The judges, without comment, dismissed an appeal from Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to grant marriage licenses to gay couples after the high court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v Hodges.

Her attorneys repeatedly invoked the comments of the justice, who alone among the judges has called for erasing the gay marriage judgment.

Hegseth States Multiple Persons Died in Recent Strikes on Alleged Smuggling Ships

The military chief commented: “The ships were recognized by our agencies to be associated with illegal trade, were moving narcotics, and were traveling along a established drug smuggling path in the Pacific region.”

However, the administration has not yet disclose any concrete evidence that its targets were trafficking drugs or were dangerous to the US.

High Court to Decide if States Can Count Late-Arriving Mail Ballots

The lawsuit, the election law challenge, involves a challenge to a Mississippi law that enables election papers to be tallied if they are received within five business days of voting day.

Election officials in the state, referencing historical practice, argue that a individual has cast their ballot on or before voting day the moment a paper is marked in the delivery service, and that how it gets to an voting center after that is an procedural matter.

What Else Happened Today:

• The President criticized stressed flight controllers, cast blame and uncertainty in regarding weak financial data and claimed that expanded eligibility to food stamps had put “America in danger,” in an special discussion on the channel Monday evening.

• The network’s alteration of the presidential address caused controversy – but what did he really say?

• the associate, the financier’s co-conspirator and partner who is undergoing a 20-year prison sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, is reportedly preparing a “clemency request” for the government to review, according to recent claims from a source shared with House Democrats.

• The United States has provided $7.5m to the administration of the African nation, one of the world’s most repressive and corrupt regimes, to receive noncitizen deportees from the US to the West African nation, according to a senior lawmaker, current and former state department officials and available information.

• Thailand has suspended the implementation of a ceasefire with neighbouring Cambodia after a explosion injured two military personnel near the border, increasing friction between the two countries who conflicted in July. Trump helped broker a peace deal between the two Asian countries, after a short confrontation.

• The US has announced a limited pause of sanctions on Syria after a historic meeting in the city between its new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and the President.