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Trump Signs Funding Bill to End Shutdown; NASA Delays Artemis II Launch
Washington D.C. – President Donald Trump signed a massive funding bill into law on Tuesday, ending a partial government shutdown that lasted four days. The House of Representatives approved the package earlier in the day by a vote of 217 to 214, with 21 Republicans and 21 Democrats crossing party lines, according to CBS News. The legislation includes five full-year spending bills and a two-week extension of funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
The passage of the bill presented challenges for Speaker Mike Johnson, who ultimately convinced a handful of GOP holdouts to advance the measure for a final vote, CBS News reported. Democrats are reportedly demanding reforms to how immigration enforcement agencies like ICE operate.
In other news, NASA announced a delay in the launch of its Artemis II moon rocket. The launch, initially targeted for February, is now slated for March at the earliest, CBS News reported. The delay stems from issues encountered during a dress rehearsal countdown, including an out-of-limits hydrogen leak.
"With the conclusion of the wet dress rehearsal today, we are moving off the February launch window and targeting March for the earliest possible launch of Artemis II," NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said in a post on X, according to CBS News. He added, "We fully anticipated encountering challenges. That is precisely why we conduct a wet dress rehearsal. These tests are designed to surface issues before flight and set up launch."
NASA plans to conduct an on-pad repair of the fuel leak that halted the dress rehearsal. The agency intends to perform a second fueling test before attempting another launch in March, CBS News reported. "We are still in the process of assessing the data that we collected yesterday and developing the (repair) plan," said Lori Glaze, a senior manager in NASA's Exploration Systems Development office, according to CBS News. "We do believe...at this point that the work that's in front of us can be conducted out at the pad, and that's what we anticipate."
Meanwhile, President Trump doubled down on his suggestion that the federal government should "get involved" in state elections. He made the statement on Tuesday while surrounded by Republican lawmakers during a bill signing in the Oval Office, ABC News reported. Trump listed Atlanta, Detroit, and Philadelphia while repeating unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud from the 2020 election. "If a state can't run an election, I think the people behind me should do something about it," Trump said, according to ABC News. "Because, you know, if you think about it, the state is an agent for the federal government in elections. I don't know why the federal government doesn't do something about it."
In Las Vegas, a property manager was arrested in connection with a possible illicit biological lab operation and faces a federal firearm charge, ABC News reported. Ori Solomon, the property manager of the residence where the alleged bio lab was located, was arrested over the weekend, police said. According to a federal criminal complaint, "numerous firearms" were seized from his home, ABC News reported. Approximately 1,000 samples were sent for testing after the possible biological lab was discovered.
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