Shutdown averted: US Senate passes budget package – without aid to Ukraine. After the Senate initially missed a midnight deadline, the Chamber of Congress agreed in the early hours of Saturday morning to a budget compromise worth 1.2 trillion dollars.
Aid to Ukraine, which has been negotiated for months, is not included in the compromise. House Republican leader Mike Johnson is accused of "treason" by a radical right member of his own party, who has requested his removal from office. The move once again highlights Johnson's politically sensitive situation.