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The US Senate on Thursday afternoon voted to keep the government funded thorugh a stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown by extending the funding through December 3. The Senate voted 65-35 to pass the measure, which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said lawmakers would approve it and send it to President Joe Biden for his signature. “We hope this can be a strongly bipartisan bill because it keeps loyal services running, protects up to hundreds of thousands of workers from furloughs and protects the economy from shutdown,” Pelosi said. “A shutdown is not anything anyone wants.”   If the bill is not enacted, the federal government would face a shutdown after the calendar turns to Friday.  The bill also included $28.6 billion for disaster assistance and $6.3 billion for Afghan refugees. Avoiding a shutdown resolved one of four issues facing Congress in the next few weeks. The House was set to vote on Thursday on an infrastructure bill but som...

Wendy Williams is postponing the return to her talk show amid ongoing battle with medical issues.   The Talk show host had expected to begin the 13th season of her series on Monday, October 4, but it was announced on Thursday on the show's verified Instagram account that Wendy will not be returning with new shows on Oct. 4 due to "some ongoing medical issues.    The premiere has now been delayed for at least two weeks.   "Wendy will not be returning with new shows on Oct. 4," read a statement posted to the "Wendy Williams Show" Instagram account on Thursday morning. "She has been and continues to be under a doctor's care and is still not ready to return to work. We plan to return with new shows on Oct. 18."   "Her breakthrough COVID case is no longer an issue and she has tested negative," Thursday's statement explained, "but she is still dealing with some ongoing medical issues."    ...