Monday's Morning Email: Budget Deal Reached To Avert Government Shutdown

DEAL ON BUDGET REACHED TO AVOID GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN “U.S. congressional negotiators have hammered out a bipartisan agreement on a spending package to keep the federal government funded through the end of the current fiscal year on Sept. 30, a senior congressional aide said on Sunday.” Early reports indicate the budget does not include money for a border wall , but does include increases for defense spending and border security. 

‘BILL GATES WON’T SAVE YOU FROM THE NEXT EBOLA’ “The Gates Foundation says responding to deadly outbreaks isn’t its forte . But the Ebola crisis showed just how much global public health depends on the foundation.” 

INSIDE THE CLIMATE MARCH THIS WEEKEND Which saw over 100,000 protesters .

SEVERE WEATHER HITS MIDWEST AND SOUTH Tornadoes and flooding left 10 dead and dozens injured . 

‘A HIDDEN HORROR’ IN K-12 “Relying on state education records, supplemented by federal crime data, a yearlong investigation by The Associated Press uncovered roughly 17,000 official reports of sex assaults by students over a four-year period, from fall 2011 to spring 2015.” [AP ]

1 DEAD, 7 INJURED AFTER SAN DIEGO-AREA SHOOTING The gunman was allegedly drinking a beer when he opened fire.

JOE BIDEN ON 2020 “Guys, I’m not running .”

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