The Senate-passed bill to end the record-long government shutdown moved to the full House for a final vote after a key House panel advanced it early Wednesday.

The compromise legislation passed on Sunday only funds most government operations until the end of January – just long enough to get the nation through the holiday season and a few weeks beyond. After that, Congress may be right back where it was when government funding ran out at the end of September.

Government funding bill includes provision that would create pathway for senators to sue the government if their phone records are investigated without their notice.

On Day 40 of the shutdown, eight Democrats joined Republicans in advancing a government funding measure, after 14 previous votes fell short.

House Republicans blast a last-minute provision in the Senate-passed government funding bill allowing senators to sue over the "Arctic Frost" probe.

The bill makes it so that the amount of THC legally allowed to be in a hemp-derived product isn't possible to produce for some small businesses.

Dale Romans, pitching himself as an independent-minded Democrat in the mold of Joe Manchin, will try to win a seat for the party in the deep-red state.

A pro-democracy coalition, Nigeria Unite, has written to the United States legislature, warning of the “imminent collapse of democracy” in Nigeria, accusing powerful figures within the government, particularly the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of leading an orchestrated campaign to silence opposition voices.

After a record-breaking 41-day federal government shutdown, the United States Senate cleared a long-sought funding bill with a 60-40 vote, sending the legislation to the United States House of Representatives and marking a crucial step toward reopening the government.