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Shutting match: what will break the US federal impasse? - The Intelligence from The Economist

Shutting match: what will break the US federal impasse? - The Intelligence from The Economist

Update: 2025-10-23
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The government shutdown in America is now the second-longest on record. Yet there is no apparent urgency to end it, either from Republicans or Democrats. Why Ghana has escaped the jihadist violence of its neighbours in the Sahel. And bottled water is going upmarket. 


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Shutting match: what will break the US federal impasse? - The Intelligence from The Economist

Shutting match: what will break the US federal impasse? - The Intelligence from The Economist