After pressure from progressive Democrats, the funding was removed (ABC) from a bill to prevent a government shutdown, which the U.S. House of Representatives passed last night. The Senate is expected to block the bill. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said he will introduce a separate bill (CNN) to fund Israel’s Iron Dome system.
Tunisia: A military judge ordered the jailing (Reuters) of two opposition lawmakers. President Kais Saied seized power in July in a move his opponents called a coup.
