US government to shut down within hours if no funding deal agreed – US politics live

Crunch meetings between Donald Trump and House and Senate leaders failed to make progress, with JD Vance saying ‘I think we’re headed into a shutdown’

The Aukus submarine deal will proceed as planned after reportedly surviving the Pentagon’s review of the security pact.

The Japan-based Nikkei Asia reported the Trump administration would retain the original timeline for the $368bn program, which includes the US selling three Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia from 2032.

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