Senate rejects government funding bill for the 8th time

What to Know

• The Senate voted for the eighth time to reject the GOP’s short-term government funding bill, which required 60 votes to advance.
• At the two-week mark, Republicans and Democrats are bracing for a long government shutdown, with both parties seeing more upside in persisting with their conflicting demands.
• Hamas returned the remains of four more hostages to Israeli authorities and Israel returned the remains of 45 Palestinians to Gaza, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, as President Donald Trump warned the militant group that it must disarm.
• Trump said he may ask FIFA and the Olympic Committee to change locations for the World Cup and the Olympics based on the policies of elected Democrats, specifically slamming Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
• President Trump posthumously awarded conservative activist Charlie Kirk the national’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.