{
  "id": 301624,
  "title": "Senate passes stopgap funding bill to prevent shutdown ahead of midterms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/senate-passes-stopgap-funding-bill-to-prevent-shutdown-ahead-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-08T08:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6018009-senate-government-funding-bill/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Senate has passed a stopgap funding bill to prevent a government shutdown ahead of the midterm elections. The bill, which passed 90-6, will fund the federal government until December 11.\n\nThe Senate also passed a separate bill, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, by a vote of 86-11. This bill aims to increase economic pressure on Russia and Iran, and allows the US President to impose tariffs of up to 100% on goods from countries that continue to buy Russian oil and gas, according to the Times of India and Live Mint.\n\nThe stopgap funding bill must now be reconciled with a similar measure passed by the House of Representatives, which includes different provisions, such as preventing the Trump administration from reallocating funding to border security from other programs, as reported by Free Malaysia Today.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "US Senate passes sweeping Russia sanctions bill",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/us-senate-passes-sweeping-russia-sanctions-bill",
        "published": "2026-08-07T21:22:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Trump urges GOP to keep Senate in session until college sports bill passes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/trump-urges-gop-to-keep-senate-in-session-until-college-sports-bill",
        "published": "2026-08-07T22:04:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "U.S. Senate passes Russia sanctions championed by late Lindsey Graham",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/u-s-senate-passes-russia-sanctions-championed-by-late-lindsey-graham",
        "published": "2026-08-07T23:37:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "US Senate passes Russia sanctions that could hurt India and China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/us-senate-passes-russia-sanctions-that-could-hurt-india-and-china",
        "published": "2026-08-08T03:20:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}