What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
January 20 2018 - 3:02AM
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The Senate rejected Friday a one-month spending bill, triggering
a shutdown of many government services as lawmakers scrambled to
reach a deal.
The U.S. Air Force is considering forming international
squadrons of low-cost fighter planes to strike terrorist
targets.
Americans' satisfaction with the economy hit a 17-year high and
support for the tax law rose, a poll found.
The Supreme Court agreed to consider the legality of Trump's
travel ban.
Justice Department lawyers said they would retry the corruption
case of New Jersey Sen. Menendez.
The U.S. military launched a new counterterrorism mission in the
Philippines.
Baltimore's mayor fired the city's police commissioner after he
failed to reduce the murder rate.
China's Communist Party signaled support for an anticorruption
agency.
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