Tag: Government Shutdown
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How Trump averted another looming US government shutdown
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a $1.4 trillion budget package for the fiscal year 2020 into law on Friday to avert a government shutdown. White House spokesman Judd Deere told journalists traveling with the president on Air Force One that Trump signed the package on the flight from Washington to Florida. He had been expected…
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Trump reinstates commitment to building border wall, hints on fresh government shutdown
By Dayo Benson President Donald Trump has restated his determination to build the controversial border wall against illegal migration into the United State,despite the recent standoff between him and the House of Representatives which led to government shutdown for 35 days even As he hinted of another shutdown in 10 days. Trump in his State…
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US embassy clears air on government shutdown, consular services in Nigeria
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has clarified its earlier statement about the closure of a section (American Centres) of the embassy owing to the ongoing government shutdown in the country. The embassy in a statement on its Facebook page said: “Due to the current US government shutdown, the American centres located in the embassy,…