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"We have a long way to go, but we're getting there with this first batch of appropriation bills," said Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, Alabama Republican. (Associated Press)

Senate passes three-bill ‘minibus’ spending package

The Senate on Wednesday approved the final version of a three-bill spending package lawmakers hope to get to President Trump's desk by the end of the week, as they race against an end-of-month funding deadline to avert a government shutdown.

September 12, 2018
President Donald Trump, left, listens to a reporters question as FEMA Administrator Brock Long, center, and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, right, listen during a briefing on Hurricane Florence in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

FEMA warns about hurricane as D.C. press chases Trump scandal

A top FEMA official attempted Wednesday to warn people in the path of Hurricane Florence but instead had to shoot down reporters' questions about whether the Trump administration wasted disaster funds on its illegal immigration agenda.

September 12, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during the September 11th Flight 93 Memorial Service in Shanksville, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

White House officials won’t say if Trump will sign spending bills

President Trump is ready to sign the first of the annual spending bills poised to emerge from Congress this week, but officials won't say whether he'd sign the rest of the bills needed to keep the government up and running into the new fiscal year — preserving his threat of a quasi-government shutdown.

September 11, 2018
Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri Democrat, is in one of the tightest races on the map this year and under intense pressure from the left and the right over Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation vote. (Associated Press/File)

Claire McCaskill mum on Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court vote

Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri is playing it coy as she gets closer to a confirmation vote on Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, refusing to declare her intention on what is shaping up to be the most consequential vote of her political life.

September 9, 2018
President Donald Trump, with first lady Melania Trump, waves as Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta departs the White House, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump, Melania Trump send Rosh Hashanah message

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on Sunday sent well wishes for the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah. "Melania and I wish all Jewish people Shana Tova and send our warmest greetings to those celebrating Rosh Hashanah and the start of the High Holy Days," tweeted Mr. Trump.

September 9, 2018