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US Senate passes deal expected to shorten shutdown

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Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI / AFP View of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2026.
Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI / AFP View of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2026.
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