For fear of a government shutdown.. Congress launches a spending package

After a delay of days, US Congressional leaders unveiled a bipartisan spending package worth $1.2 trillion on defense, homeland security and other programs, giving lawmakers less than two days to avoid a partial government shutdown.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republican leaders said they would vote on Friday, leaving the Democratic-majority Senate only hours to vote before the deadline to approve the legislation.

The Congressional Budget Office warned that the US deficit and debt will grow significantly over the next thirty years, as the office expects that the country’s public debt of $34.5 trillion, which currently represents 99 percent of GDP, may grow to 166 percent of GDP. By 2054. (Sky News Arabia)