U.S. Congress negotiators set spending plan to avert shutdown, bolster defence

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiators in the U.S. Congress reached a deal late on Sunday on around $1 trillion (£773.1 billion) in federal funding that would avert a government shutdown later this week, while handing President Donald Trump a down payment on his promised military build-up.

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