22:33โขSenate Passes GOP Funding Bill
โจThe newspapers report on the Senate's passage of a Republican-led funding bill to avert a government shutdown just hours before the midnight deadline. With bipartisan support from several Democrats who joined Republicans, the six-month measure passed 54-46, sending it to President Trump's desk (ABC News, Boston Globe, CBS, CNN, NPR, NYTimes, Washington Post, AP News, Newsweek, Fox News). Different outlets frame Democrats' participation variously as "help" (ABC), "cave" (Fox), or "breaking ranks" (Newsweek). In other news, the Trump administration has expelled South Africa's ambassador for allegedly calling Trump a "white supremacist" (Breitbart), and newborns were exposed to measles in a Texas hospital (NBC News).