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The federal government is nearing a partial shutdown, with a range of effects on public services and the broader U.S. economy.
A committee advances bills that would mark the first top-to-bottom State Department reauthorization in more than two decades.
The top U.S. State Department official for management blamed Democrats for the looming government shutdown in an unusually partisan message to staff on Tuesday, according to a copy of the message seen by Reuters.