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Government Shutdown Looms as House Considers Funding Package; Other Major News Developments Unfold
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives was poised to vote Tuesday on a massive funding package aimed at ending the partial government shutdown that began Saturday, while other significant developments unfolded in Washington, the Vatican, and Arizona. The five-bill package included funding for the departments of Defense, State, and Treasury, among others, and a two-week extension of funding for the Department of Homeland Security, according to CBS News.
The Homeland Security funding had been a point of contention, with Democrats demanding reforms to immigration enforcement agencies like ICE. House Speaker Mike Johnson faced a crucial procedural vote Tuesday morning, with little room for error within his party, CBS News reported. The package had cleared the House Rules Committee along party lines on Monday night.
Meanwhile, in a separate development, the House Oversight Committee was reconsidering contempt resolutions against former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after they agreed to closed-door depositions in the committee's Jeffrey Epstein investigation, ABC News reported. The House was expected to vote on the contempt resolutions as soon as Wednesday, but that was put in doubt after the Clintons agreed to Republicans' demands on Monday evening. "They negotiated in good faith. You did not," Clinton spokesperson Angel Ureña posted on X, according to ABC News. The Clintons had previously fought congressional subpoenas for six months.
Across the Atlantic, the Vatican's "trial of the century" resumed Tuesday with appeals after setbacks for the pope's prosecutors, according to the Associated Press, as reported by ABC News. The case involves Cardinal Angelo Becciu and eight other defendants, who were convicted of financial crimes in 2023 after a two-year trial. The Vatican's high Court of Cassation recently upheld a lower court's decision to throw out the prosecutors' appeal entirely, potentially limiting the scope of the appeals process.
Back in the United States, in Tucson, Arizona, officials continued their search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, Fox News reported. Guthrie was last seen Saturday night at her Tucson residence around 9:30 p.m., according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department. Sheriff Chris Nanos stated that a crime may have been committed, adding that she may have been "abducted," according to Fox News.
In Washington, D.C., Congress was also holding a hearing on Tuesday concerning a potential Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery merger, Fox News reported. Lawmakers were weighing whether U.S. companies like Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery would be allowed to merge, with concerns raised about American jobs, media control, and U.S. national security. Fox News suggested that former President Ronald Reagan would have urged Americans to watch the hearing closely, emphasizing the importance of culture, storytelling, and media in the battle of ideas.
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