Milos Raonic hits a forehand against Steve Johnson at the Citi Open tennis tournament at the Fitzgerald Tennis Centre on Friday.

Senate passes huge US spending bill, sends it to Trump

AFP, Washington :The US Senate passed a $1.3 trillion federal spending bill in dramatic dark-of-night fashion early Friday, overcoming hurdles that threatened to send the government into its third shutdown of 2018.Lawmakers stared down a self-imposed deadline of midnight Friday, when federal funding was set to expire, and passed the mammoth package by a vote of 65-32, with hours to spare.It now goes to the White House to be signed by President Donald Trump, whose aides have said he supports...

31 Mar 2018, 12:00 am