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U.S. government shutdown looms after Senate rejects stopgap bill

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The United States is edging closer to a partial government shutdown after the Senate on Friday rejected a short-term funding measure passed earlier in the day by the ...
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Senate Democrats launch first-ever push for U.S. recognition of Palestinian state

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- A number of Senate Democrats on Thursday introduced a resolution calling for U.S. recognition of a demilitarized Palestinian state, the first of its kind in the ...