"House Passes $460 Billion Spending Package to Avert Shutdown Deadline"

The House has passed a bill for $459 billion in new government spending to fund federal agencies for the next six months, sending it to the Senate to avert a partial shutdown. The Senate must pass it by midnight Saturday to prevent agencies from shuttering when funding lapses. While a larger shutdown deadline looms in two weeks, lawmakers remain divided over funding and policies. The bill covers roughly 30% of the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year and is the result of bipartisan compromises, facing scrutiny and threats from far-right legislators.