Gold tops $4,000 for first time
Gold surpassed $4,000 an ounce for the first time Wednesday as investors piled into the safe haven investment over various economic concerns including the US government shutdown...
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Trump piles pain on Democrats over US government shutdown
Donald Trump signaled Thursday that he plans to follow through on his threat for mass layoffs of US federal workers as he ratcheted pressure on Democrats to back moves to end the government shutdown...
US govt shutdown seen dragging into next week
The US government shutdown appeared likely to stretch into next week as senators prepared Friday to vote for a fourth time on a funding fix proposed by Donald Trump鈥檚 Republicans that has little hope of success.
US firings 鈥榠mminent鈥� as plan to reopen govt collapses
Efforts to swiftly end the US government shutdown collapsed Wednesday as Democrats in Congress went home without resolving a funding stand-off with President Donald Trump and the White House threatened public sector jobs...
US Senate vote to follow as House passes bill to avert shutdown
Lawmakers sent a package to the Senate that would keep federal agencies running through mid-March 鈥撯�� but the upper chamber only has until midnight (0500 GMT) to follow suit or federal agencies will begin shutting...
Trump opposes deal to avert government shutdown
Staring down a Friday night deadline to fund federal agencies, party leaders in Congress had agreed on a 鈥榗ontinuing resolution鈥� to keep the lights on until mid-March and avoid having to send public workers home without pay over Christmas...
