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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicUS government shutdown

Topic: US government shutdown

US House to vote on bill seeking release of all Epstein files next week

Speaker Mike Johnson said he will introduce a contentious bipartisan bill requiring the Justice Department to release all files related to Jeffrey Epstein as lawmakers return after govt shutdown.

US Senate passes Federal Funding Bill aimed at ending 40-day government shutdown

The resolution would also reverse some of Trump’s mass federal workers layoffs during the shutdown and fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for a year.

US Transport Secy Sean Duffy orders 10% flight cuts at 40 major airports

The drastic plan sent airlines scrambling to make significant reductions in flights in just 36 hours, and passengers flooded airline customer service hotlines with concerns about air travel in the coming days.

Govt shutdown, rate cut — US policy paralysis has created an opportunity for India

A depreciating dollar and abundant liquidity provide an opportunity to explore the rupee’s potential regional role. This represents a significant step toward monetary autonomy.

US govt shutdown begins after Senate fail to pass funding bill amid partisan deadlock

The shutdown would halt release of September employment report, slow air travel, suspend research, withhold troops' pay & lead to furlough of 750,000 federal workers at daily cost of $400 mn.

US President-elect Trump rejects bipartisan spending bill, raises risks of govt shutdown

Trump urges Congress to pass legislation that would tie up loose ends before he takes office next month by raising the govt’s borrowing authority & extending government funding.

US govt on brink of shutdown with stopgap funding deal in limbo. What it entails & who’ll be affected

Republican-led House of Representatives tanked key funding bill. All eyes on whether or not Congress will pass funding extension before Sunday 12.01 am Eastern Time.

In deal to avert another US govt shutdown, early reports hand victory to Democrats

It has been a long day in the world of foreign affairs, and we begin by looking at how the Democrats and the Republicans, the two leading parties of the US, reached a deal to avert another government shutdown.

US making progress in negotiating peace with Taliban: Trump during State of Union address

Justifying US pullout from the Iran nuclear deal, Trump says it’s a radical regime that is the world’s leading state sponsor of terror.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.