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1 President Biden Signs Funding Bill To Avert Government Shutdown
Early Saturday morning, the Senate voted to approve the short-term government funding bill that was passed by the House to avoid a government shutdown. The federal government was technically shut down for 38-minutes as the Senate didn’t complete its 85-11 vote to send the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk until 12:38 a.m. Saturday. Later that morning, Biden signed the bill and avoided the shutdown. The funding bill came after a week full of drama over passing a continuing resolution to keep the government open, with the initial 1,547-page version being pulled after Elon Musk started posting about it on X, prompting a flood of calls to representatives from voters to not pass it. The second version failed in the House, but a third attempt was successful. Before the vote on the CR, the Senate.
2 At Least Five Injured After Man Drives Truck Into Crowded Mall In Texas
Around 5 pm Saturday, a man drove his truck into a mall in Killeen, Texas. An officer called in a suspected drunken driver, later identified as 53-year-old Darrel Schultz of Kempner Texas. A Texas DPS trooper chased Schultz’ truck from Belton, about 20 miles away, to the Killeen Mall where the truck went through the front glass doors of a JCPenney and continued inside, striking several people and sending at least five to the hospital. Schultz was shot and killed in the mall by law enforcement according to Texas DPS Sgt. Bryan Washko, who told reporters that officers from Texas DPS, the Killeen Police Department, and off-duty officers from three other agencies, “engaged in gunfire to eliminate this threat.” The Texas Rangers will be assisting in the investigation into the incident.
3 IRS Says A Million Taxpayers Will Get Cash By The End Of January
The odds are better than playing the lottery, but experts say you still shouldn’t get your hopes up. The Internal Revenue Service has announced that around one-million taxpayers will automatically receive payments of up to $1,400 from them in the coming weeks, deposited directly into eligible people’s bank accounts. The people who are eligible are those who failed to claim a Recovery Rebate Credit on their 2021 tax returns, which was claimable by people who missed one of the COVID stimulus payments or received less than the full amount. The IRS says it’ll send separate letters to eligible taxpayers to let them know about the special payments, and has put a page up on the IRS website explaining the eligibility requirements.