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WASHINGTON (AP) — After an intense, weekslong struggle, Congress has reached a deal to fund the government just days ahead of a shutdown deadline. The legislation extends existing spending levels for 10 weeks, past Election Day. It addresses the Zika crisis with $1.1 billion and provides long-sought help for the residents of Flint, Michigan, and flood victims in Louisiana.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has been hit with the first veto override of his presidency. Both houses of Congress joined in overturning Obama's veto of a measure allowing the families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia. Speaking on CNN, the president accused Congress of casting "a political vote."
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wells Fargo's CEO goes back before Congress today. John Stumpf will testify before the House Financial Services Committee, having been grilled last week by the Senate Banking Committee. Only this time, he'll able to cite the millions he and another top executive will forfeit in compensation in a scandal over sales practices.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton has landed in Tel Aviv to attend the funeral of Israel's ninth president, Shimon Peres. Peres died early Wednesday after suffering a stroke. He was 93. Clinton was president when Peres helped negotiate a historic interim peace agreement with the Palestinians in 1993. President Barack Obama will also attend Friday's funeral in Jerusalem.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Agnes Nixon, the creative force behind the edgy and enduring TV soap operas "One Life to Live" and "All My Children," died Wednesday in Haverford, Pennsylvania. She was 93. Actress Susan Lucci (LOO'-chee), who starred as Erica Kane, said in a statement she was "devastated" by Nixon's passing, and said she was "forever grateful to her."
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