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This week in photos @ President Donald Trump poses with lawmakers in the White House Oval Office
President Donald Trump signed a funding package Wednesday to reopen the federal government, ending the longest shutdown in US history.
The final approval came hours after a deal was struck between Republicans and centrist Senate Democrats. It ends a 43-day stalemate in Congress and will reverse the mass federal layoffs carried out by Trump during the shutdown.
The deal guarantees an early December vote in the Senate on the expiring Obamacare subsidies that Democrats made the focus of their demands during the shutdown fight. But a vote to extend the subsidies is unlikely to succeed, a likelihood that’s driven intense blowback across the Democratic Party.
Here are some of the stories that made headlines over the past week, as well as some photos that caught our eye.
The northern lights glow over St. Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, England, on Wednesday, November 12. Solar storms created a dazzling display of auroras this week across regions where they are rarely witnessed.
Alisa Medvedeva, a rhythmic gymnast from Russia, competes at the Sky Grace Cup tournament in Beijing on Wednesday, November 12.
Britain’s Queen Camilla, patron of the English National Ballet, watches Sangeun Lee perform during a reception at Buckingham Palace in London on Wednesday, November 12.
A ball flies past Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel during a Serie A match in Milan, Italy, on Sunday, November 9. The goal was overturned by video review after it was determined there was a handball in the buildup. Inter Milan still won 2-0.
“The Shen,” an art installation by Mert Ege Kose, is seen in the “Forever Is Now” art exhibition at the Giza pyramid complex in Egypt on Tuesday, November 11.
A blue-and-yellow macaw is seen at the National Zoological Park in New Delhi on Monday, November 10. The zoo, which was shut down following the detection of avian influenza, was reopening after more than two months, officials said.
Source: CNN
