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Live Results: Massachusetts midterm primaries 31 August 2026 at 19:08

Live Results: Massachusetts midterm primaries

31 August 2026 at 19:08

Massachusetts Democrats will decide the latest head-to-head matchup between the party's moderate and progressive wings. This time, top progressives are backing the incumbent.

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WATCH LIVE: House returns after August recess to tackle stopgap spending bill and more 31 August 2026 at 16:41

WATCH LIVE: House returns after August recess to tackle stopgap spending bill and more

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By: Kevin Freking · Associated Press

31 August 2026 at 16:41

The first order of business is likely a vote on a stopgap spending bill designed to keep the federal government fully funded through early December, removing the possibility of a shutdown before the midterm elections.

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House lawmakers return to Capitol Hill as Republicans hope to pass stopgap spending bill – live 31 August 2026 at 20:50

House lawmakers return to Capitol Hill as Republicans hope to pass stopgap spending bill – live

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By: Shrai Popat (now) · Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose (earlier)

31 August 2026 at 20:50

The US House is back after a five-week recess; government funding is guaranteed through 30 September

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Chris Hippensteel

We’re watching today as Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, and Kevin Warsh, the chair of the Federal Reserve, deliver their opening remarks at the G20 meetings in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Trump’s ballroom construction can resume at White House, supreme court rules – as it happened 1 September 2026 at 04:58

Trump’s ballroom construction can resume at White House, supreme court rules – as it happened

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By: Nick Robins-Early · Shrai Popat · Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose

1 September 2026 at 04:58

This live blog is now closed.

US supreme court allows Trump to keep building $400m White House ballroom

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Chris Hippensteel

We’re watching today as Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, and Kevin Warsh, the chair of the Federal Reserve, deliver their opening remarks at the G20 meetings in Asheville, North Carolina.

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USDA reportedly shelves cyclospora research amid relocations and fund cuts 31 August 2026 at 00:10

USDA reportedly shelves cyclospora research amid relocations and fund cuts

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By: Reuters

31 August 2026 at 00:10

Trump officials shuttering three projects on foodborne parasite, two defunded by Congress, Politico reports

The Trump administration is shuttering ⁠two of the three US Department of Agriculture research projects studying cyclospora after the foodborne parasite has ⁠sickened tens of thousands of Americans during the summer, Politico reported on Sunday.

The two projects were defunded by Congress earlier in the year, while the third is ⁠due to be moved in coming months from Maryland to Iowa as part of a broader USDA reorganization, according to the ⁠report.

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