🏛️ Shutdown ends after 43 days
The longest U.S. government shutdown ended last night after President Donald Trump signed a stopgap funding bill hours after the House vote. Agencies reopen and back pay resumes for hundreds of thousands of federal workers, but the deal funds the government only through Jan 30 so another fight could come soon.
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📺 UK PM to BBC: get your house in order
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer backed an independent BBC but told the broadcaster to get its house in order after its top news leaders quit and Trump threatened a $1 billion lawsuit over an edited clip. The row pressures a publicly funded institution and could reshape how it is governed.
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🧬 FDA moves to speed personalized medicines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration unveiled a new pathway to approve personalized therapies, including some cell and gene treatments tailored to patients. The shift could get cancer and rare-disease drugs to people faster and at lower development cost, while safety and pricing reviews still apply.
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⚖️ Supreme Court to hear case on firing a Fed governor
The U.S. Supreme Court set Jan. 21 to hear a case on whether President Trump can remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, testing White House power over the U.S. central bank. The outcome could affect the Fed’s independence, which helps keep borrowing costs and inflation policy insulated from politics.
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☕ Coffee and cocoa prices seen easing as crops rebound
A major agricultural lender said bigger harvests should rebuild supplies of cocoa and coffee next year, easing some of this year’s price spikes. That could bring modest relief to grocery bills and café menus, though weather and shipping risks still loom.
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