{
  "id": 327032,
  "title": "US Senate approves funding bill to avoid a shutdown before election",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/us-senate-approves-funding-bill-to-avoid-a-shutdown-before-election",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-08T18:05:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/us-senate-approves-funding-bill-to-avoid-a-shutdown-before-election"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Senate in an overnight vote Saturday approved a short-term measure to fund federal agencies into early December and avoid a potentially chaotic government shutdown during the middle of campaign season. The late-summer action on a funding fix is unusual. Normally, Congress waits until the final days or hours of a funding deadline to pass […]",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Axios",
        "title": "Senate passes stopgap to avert pre-election shutdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/senate-passes-stopgap-to-avert-pre-election-shutdown",
        "published": "2026-08-08T13:04:25.000Z"
      }
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}