Live updates: Senate leaves for night, all but ensuring a government shutdown

What to Know

  • The Senate has adjourned for the night without approving a funding bill to keep the government open after midnight tonight.
  • The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo to the heads of federal departments and agencies directing them to prepare for a shutdown after the Senate rejected two bills aimed at keeping the government open.
  • Two unions have filed suit against the Trump administration over its plans to fire federal workers during the impending shutdown, alleging that the “unlawful threats” were contrary to the law and should be declared unlawful by a federal court.
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. military officials to an in-person meeting to declare an end to “woke” culture in the military and announce new directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physical fitness.
  • Trump also addressed military leaders at Quantico, saying troops should use “dangerous” American cities as “training grounds.”

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Live updates: Senate leaves for night, all but ensuring a government shutdown

At least 91 students remain trapped in concrete rubble almost two days after an Islamic school building collapsed on them, authorities said after reviewing attendance records and reports from anxious families of those missing.

More than 300 rescue workers desperately worked to free survivors Wednesday morning, after the structure fell on top of hundreds of people, mostly teen boys, who had been performing afternoon prayers Monday in a prayer hall at a century-old al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in East Java province that was undergoing an unauthorized expansion.

At least three students have been confirmed dead and 100 others were injured, many with head injuries and broken bones.

The National Disaster Management Agency revised the number of people presumed buried in the rubble to 91 late Tuesday from the previous 38.

The agency said at least six children are alive under the rubble, but the search was made difficult by the slabs of concrete and other unstable, heavy parts of the building. Heavy equipment was available but not being used due to concerns that it could cause further collapse.

Rescuers have been running oxygen, water and food from narrow gaps to those still trapped under the debris to keep them alive, some of them pinned in place.

The students were mostly boys in grades seven to 12, between ages 12 and 18. Female students were praying in another part of the building and managed to escape, survivors said.

The prayer hall had been two stories but two more were being added without a permit, according to authorities. Police said the old building’s foundation was apparently unable to support two floors of concrete and collapsed during the pouring process.

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Live updates: Senate leaves for night, all but ensuring a government shutdown

What to Know

  • The Senate has adjourned for the night without approving a funding bill to keep the government open after midnight tonight.
  • The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo to the heads of federal departments and agencies directing them to prepare for a shutdown after the Senate rejected two bills aimed at keeping the government open.
  • Two unions have filed suit against the Trump administration over its plans to fire federal workers during the impending shutdown, alleging that the “unlawful threats” were contrary to the law and should be declared unlawful by a federal court.
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. military officials to an in-person meeting to declare an end to “woke” culture in the military and announce new directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physical fitness.
  • Trump also addressed military leaders at Quantico, saying troops should use “dangerous” American cities as “training grounds.”

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Live updates: Senate leaves for night, all but ensuring a government shutdown

At least 91 students remain trapped in concrete rubble almost two days after an Islamic school building collapsed on them, authorities said after reviewing attendance records and reports from anxious families of those missing.

More than 300 rescue workers desperately worked to free survivors Wednesday morning, after the structure fell on top of hundreds of people, mostly teen boys, who had been performing afternoon prayers Monday in a prayer hall at a century-old al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in East Java province that was undergoing an unauthorized expansion.

At least three students have been confirmed dead and 100 others were injured, many with head injuries and broken bones.

The National Disaster Management Agency revised the number of people presumed buried in the rubble to 91 late Tuesday from the previous 38.

The agency said at least six children are alive under the rubble, but the search was made difficult by the slabs of concrete and other unstable, heavy parts of the building. Heavy equipment was available but not being used due to concerns that it could cause further collapse.

Rescuers have been running oxygen, water and food from narrow gaps to those still trapped under the debris to keep them alive, some of them pinned in place.

The students were mostly boys in grades seven to 12, between ages 12 and 18. Female students were praying in another part of the building and managed to escape, survivors said.

The prayer hall had been two stories but two more were being added without a permit, according to authorities. Police said the old building’s foundation was apparently unable to support two floors of concrete and collapsed during the pouring process.

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Live updates: Senate leaves for night, all but ensuring a government shutdown

What to Know

  • The Senate has adjourned for the night without approving a funding bill to keep the government open after midnight tonight.
  • The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo to the heads of federal departments and agencies directing them to prepare for a shutdown after the Senate rejected two bills aimed at keeping the government open.
  • Two unions have filed suit against the Trump administration over its plans to fire federal workers during the impending shutdown, alleging that the “unlawful threats” were contrary to the law and should be declared unlawful by a federal court.
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. military officials to an in-person meeting to declare an end to “woke” culture in the military and announce new directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physical fitness.
  • Trump also addressed military leaders at Quantico, saying troops should use “dangerous” American cities as “training grounds.”

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Live updates: Senate leaves for night, all but ensuring a government shutdown

What to Know

  • The Senate has adjourned for the night without approving a funding bill to keep the government open after midnight tonight.
  • The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo to the heads of federal departments and agencies directing them to prepare for a shutdown after the Senate rejected two bills aimed at keeping the government open.
  • Two unions have filed suit against the Trump administration over its plans to fire federal workers during the impending shutdown, alleging that the “unlawful threats” were contrary to the law and should be declared unlawful by a federal court.
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. military officials to an in-person meeting to declare an end to “woke” culture in the military and announce new directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physical fitness.
  • Trump also addressed military leaders at Quantico, saying troops should use “dangerous” American cities as “training grounds.”

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Live updates: Senate leaves for night, all but ensuring a government shutdown

What to Know

  • The Senate has adjourned for the night without approving a funding bill to keep the government open after midnight tonight.
  • The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo to the heads of federal departments and agencies directing them to prepare for a shutdown after the Senate rejected two bills aimed at keeping the government open.
  • Two unions have filed suit against the Trump administration over its plans to fire federal workers during the impending shutdown, alleging that the “unlawful threats” were contrary to the law and should be declared unlawful by a federal court.
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. military officials to an in-person meeting to declare an end to “woke” culture in the military and announce new directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physical fitness.
  • Trump also addressed military leaders at Quantico, saying troops should use “dangerous” American cities as “training grounds.”

Follow along for live updates.

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