https://www.scmp.com/rss/524157/feed A national governing authority based in Washington D.C., the US federal government upholds the Constitution and serves the American people. Operating through legislative executive and judicial branches, its activities span national defence foreign policy economic regulation social welfare and civil rights, contributing to public health infrastructure and scientific advancement. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Khushboo Razdan,Yuanyue Dang Khushboo Razdan,Yuanyue Dang Direct trade between China and the United States continues its shrinking trend, new US government data showed on Thursday, as the anniversary of “Liberation Day” highlights how last year’s tariff escalations deepened tensions between the two global powers. The figures come ahead of a planned leaders’ meeting in Beijing next month, where both sides are expected to explore ways to stabilise relations after a period of renewed economic strain, and just hours before he announced a fresh set of... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3348857/trump-tariffs-cast-shadow-us-china-trade-shrinks-ahead-leaders-meet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3348857/trump-tariffs-cast-shadow-us-china-trade-shrinks-ahead-leaders-meet?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:25:26 +0000 Reuters Reuters Minnesota sued ⁠the federal government on Tuesday, seeking ⁠access to evidence in the fatal shootings by federal officers of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and a shooting that injured another man during an immigration enforcement surge in the state, according to a complaint. The lawsuit against the US Department of ‌Justice and the Department of Homeland Security alleges authorities blocked state investigators from key evidence and information related to the shootings. In late January, following the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347770/minnesota-sues-government-access-evidence-3-shooting-deaths-federal-officers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347770/minnesota-sues-government-access-evidence-3-shooting-deaths-federal-officers?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:44:50 +0000 Reuters Reuters Absences among transportation security ⁠workers this weekend reached their highest since a partial US government shutdown began five weeks ago, the Department of Homeland Security said on Sunday, while immigration enforcement agents prepared to fill in for them at some of the busiest US airports. At airports in Houston, New York and Atlanta, more than one-third of Transportation Security Administration staff were calling in sick or otherwise absent, DHS said, as the shutdown left tens of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347514/trump-administration-touts-plan-ice-airports-amid-criticism-union-democrats?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347514/trump-administration-touts-plan-ice-airports-amid-criticism-union-democrats?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:19:27 +0000 Reuters Reuters The UK ⁠government gave authorisation on Friday ⁠for the US to use military bases in Britain to carry out strikes on Iranian missile sites that are attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz. British ministers met on Friday ‌to discuss the war with Iran and Iran’s blocking of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a Downing Street statement. “They confirmed that the agreement for the US to use UK bases in the collective self-defence of the region includes US defensive operations to degrade the missile... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3347394/uk-allows-us-use-its-bases-strike-iran-missile-sites-targeting-hormuz?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3347394/uk-allows-us-use-its-bases-strike-iran-missile-sites-targeting-hormuz?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:07:36 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier The US Government experienced its second shutdown in four months on Saturday, as funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) halted, underscoring Washington’s growing partisanship and dysfunction. But in an ironic twist, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, at the centre of the Congressional showdown, will continue to operate despite being part of DHS, given its independent source of funding. In an unprecedented move, US President Donald Trump’s administration has allocated at... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3343562/partial-us-government-shutdown-throws-congress-turmoil-again?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3343562/partial-us-government-shutdown-throws-congress-turmoil-again?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:00:09 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo Now we know why they didn’t want to release the Epstein files. It’s not just about implicating US President Donald Trump, who was a long-time close friend of the infamous paedophile and sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein. Rather, they basically implicate the ruling and business elites of the Anglo-American world. In the 1980s and 1990s, there was a wave of mass hysteria sweeping across the United States based on fear of satanic cults, child abuse and sacrifices. Well, it turns out maybe it wasn’t... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3342046/epstein-files-reveal-underbelly-western-elites?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3342046/epstein-files-reveal-underbelly-western-elites?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:30:37 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump signed a roughly US$1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding. The president moved quickly to sign the bill after the House approved it with a 217-214 vote. “This bill is a great victory for the American people,” Trump said. The vote on Tuesday wrapped up congressional work on 11 annual appropriations bills that fund... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342294/us-shutdown-track-end-house-approves-trump-funding-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342294/us-shutdown-track-end-house-approves-trump-funding-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:02:25 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The US Congress has teed up a Tuesday vote on a spending bill to end the government shutdown, following a House committee vote late on Monday. The shutdown followed a breakdown in spending negotiations amid Democratic anger in response to federal immigration agents killing two US citizens in Minneapolis, which derailed talks over new money for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Late Friday, the Senate had passed a package clearing five outstanding funding bills to cover most federal... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342160/trump-urges-no-changes-spending-bill-end-3-day-government-shutdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342160/trump-urges-no-changes-spending-bill-end-3-day-government-shutdown?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:07:00 +0000 Reuters Reuters US House ‍Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday he believes he has the Republican votes to end a partial government shutdown within days and that the chamber will debate Immigration and Customs Enforcement reforms for two weeks after that. “I’m confident that we’ll do it at ⁠least by Tuesday. We have a logistical challenge of getting everyone in town,” Johnson said on NBC’s Meet the Press. Transport problems are persisting following a snowstorm that affected travel in the southeastern US. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342021/us-house-speaker-johnson-says-he-has-votes-end-partial-government-shutdown-tuesday?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342021/us-house-speaker-johnson-says-he-has-votes-end-partial-government-shutdown-tuesday?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Feb 2026 17:34:39 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han The US is poised to avoid a major shutdown after senators agreed on Friday to separate a controversial bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from a package that also includes funding for the State Department and the Pentagon. On Friday, the Senate voted 71-29 to advance the package. The House, which is out of session this week, will still need to approve the package before it can be signed into law, meaning that there will be at least a brief funding lapse after the current... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3341911/us-likely-averts-major-government-shutdown-splitting-bill-partial-closure-looms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3341911/us-likely-averts-major-government-shutdown-splitting-bill-partial-closure-looms?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:50:24 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US Senate leaders were scrambling to save a bipartisan spending deal and avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday as Democrats have demanded new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country. Democrats struck a rare deal with US President Donald Trump Thursday to separate funding for the Homeland Security Department from a broad government spending bill and fund it for two weeks while Congress debates curbs on the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341750/trump-seeks-avoid-shutdown-democrats-block-funding-demand-ice-curbs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341750/trump-seeks-avoid-shutdown-democrats-block-funding-demand-ice-curbs?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:32:42 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies on Thursday, potentially bringing the US government a step closer to a partial shutdown if Republicans and the White House do not agree to new restrictions on US President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement. As the country reels from the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis, irate Senate Democrats laid out a list of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341626/partial-us-shutdown-seems-increasingly-likely-amid-political-stand-over-ice?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341626/partial-us-shutdown-seems-increasingly-likely-amid-political-stand-over-ice?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:51:36 +0000 Frank Tang Frank Tang One of the architects of former US President Joe Biden’s tech export controls warned on Thursday that Washington needs better coordination with allies to deny China access to high-end chips and cutting-edge products, criticising a plan by US President Donald Trump’s administration to allow sales of certain Nvidia chips. Citing Beijing’s massive spending on efforts to establish China’s technological leadership, former commerce secretary Gina Raimondo said in a panel discussion at the Council on... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3332714/china-must-not-be-sold-latest-cutting-edge-technology-says-former-us-commerce-secretary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3332714/china-must-not-be-sold-latest-cutting-edge-technology-says-former-us-commerce-secretary?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:37:19 +0000 SCMP SCMP Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump signs funding bill to end longest US government shutdown US President Donald Trump signed a bill to end the record-breaking US government shutdown after the House of Representatives approved a bipartisan funding deal on Wednesday. 2. China dominates global patent race with record filings China submitted the highest number of patent applications in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3332671/trump-signs-bill-end-us-shutdown-china-dominates-patent-race-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3332671/trump-signs-bill-end-us-shutdown-china-dominates-patent-race-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:15:10 +0000 Aidan Jones Aidan Jones Thailand and Cambodia traded blame on Thursday for the breakdown of the ceasefire over their disputed border, with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet accusing Thai soldiers of killing a civilian, as villagers on both sides prepare for the conflict to return. His Thai counterpart, Anutin Charnvirakul, on Wednesday risked incurring the wrath of US President Donald Trump by saying he “no longer cares” about the threat of tariffs, which were trimmed as a condition for the truce, as he accused... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3332657/ceasefire-cambodia-unravels-thailand-pm-no-longer-cares-about-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3332657/ceasefire-cambodia-unravels-thailand-pm-no-longer-cares-about-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:25:43 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg The longest government shutdown in US history has ended, but it could take days - and in some cases a week or more - before normal operations resume. Payroll systems must be updated to pay out weeks of back wages. Backlogs of grant disbursements, loan applications and customer calls that went unanswered for 43 days would need to be cleared. Delayed environmental permits, workplace inspections and contracting activities have stacked up across federal agencies. The work of reopening the government... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332617/us-government-reopens-costs-43-day-shutdown-will-linger-weeks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332617/us-government-reopens-costs-43-day-shutdown-will-linger-weeks?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 07:30:56 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han US President Donald Trump signed a bill to end the record-breaking US government shutdown after the House of Representatives approved a bipartisan funding deal on Wednesday. The signing at the White House in Washington capped a 43-day stoppage that has left hundreds of thousands of federal employees without pay and disrupted public services in the United States. However, just how quickly full government services and operations would resume was not immediately clear. “This is no way to run a... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3332563/us-government-shutdown-house-representatives-votes-end-historic-funding-deadlock?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3332563/us-government-shutdown-house-representatives-votes-end-historic-funding-deadlock?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:27:12 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Incumbent Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani claimed victory for his coalition on Wednesday in Iraq’s general election after preliminary results showed it had secured a decisive lead. Supporters of Sudani, who is vying for a second term, flocked late in the evening to Tahrir Square in Baghdad to celebrate with fireworks and music. Casting the victory as one for all Iraqis in a televised speech, Sudani congratulated the country “on your coalition winning first place in the parliamentary... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3332561/iraq-pm-sudani-claims-election-win-after-early-results-show-decisive-lead?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3332561/iraq-pm-sudani-claims-election-win-after-early-results-show-decisive-lead?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:39:42 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The US Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full Snap payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume. The order keeps in place at least for a few more days a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme to feed their families in some states have received their full monthly allocations, while others have received nothing. The order will expire just before midnight on Thursday. The Senate has... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332404/us-supreme-court-lets-trump-continue-cuts-snap-food-aid-even-shutdown-nears-end?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332404/us-supreme-court-lets-trump-continue-cuts-snap-food-aid-even-shutdown-nears-end?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:49:26 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The longest-ever US government shutdown moved towards an eventual resolution on Monday, after several Democratic senators broke ranks to join Republicans in a 60-40 vote passing a compromise deal, sparking intraparty backlash. Since October 1, the first day of the shutdown, more than a million federal workers have been unpaid, while government benefits and services have been increasingly disrupted. Severe impacts on air traffic have begun to mount in recent days, with more than 1,000 flights... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332269/end-us-government-shutdown-sight-senate-passes-bill?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332269/end-us-government-shutdown-sight-senate-passes-bill?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2025 02:34:04 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US Senate on Sunday moved forward on a measure aimed at reopening the federal government and ending a now 40-day shutdown that has sidelined federal workers, delayed food aid and snarled air travel. In a procedural vote, senators advanced a House-passed bill that will be amended to fund the government until January 30 and include a package of three full-year appropriations bills. If the Senate eventually passes the amended measure, it still must be approved by the House of Representatives... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332129/us-shutdown-may-be-nearing-end-senators-support-funding-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332129/us-shutdown-may-be-nearing-end-senators-support-funding-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:07:13 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed back at the idea that the company would seek federal guarantees to reduce the risk of its artificial intelligence infrastructure spending spree, one day after a top executive at the ChatGPT maker suggested there may be a role for the government to help finance the technology. “We do not have or want government guarantees for OpenAI data centres,” Altman wrote in a lengthy social media post on Thursday. “Taxpayers should not bail out companies that make bad business... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3331851/sam-altman-says-openai-does-not-want-government-bailout-ai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3331851/sam-altman-says-openai-does-not-want-government-bailout-ai?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Nov 2025 02:00:38 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The US government shutdown became the longest ever on Wednesday, topping the 35-day record set during Donald Trump’s first term, as his administration warned of holiday air travel chaos and threatened Americans’ benefits in a bid to force a resolution. Federal agencies have been grinding to a halt since Congress failed to approve funding past September 30, and the pain has been mounting as welfare programmes - including aid that helps millions of Americans afford groceries - hang in limbo. There... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331587/us-government-shutdown-becomes-longest-history?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331587/us-government-shutdown-becomes-longest-history?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Nov 2025 05:44:49 +0000 Frank Tang Frank Tang The prolonged US federal government shutdown has been affecting the release of key data that policymakers need to assess the trade war’s effects and gauge price and labour market trends, further complicating ongoing rate decision disputes between US President Donald Trump and the Federal Reserve. Speaking at the Brookings Institution on Monday, US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook joined other colleagues to warn how the lack of government data has challenged their decision-making at the US... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3331545/us-government-shutdown-stops-flow-key-economic-data-latest-impact-trumps-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3331545/us-government-shutdown-stops-flow-key-economic-data-latest-impact-trumps-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:26:53 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial On a scale of zero to 10, US President Donald Trump said he had “a 12” with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. There have been several key compromises and promises from the meeting in Busan, and one issue in particular may have implications that appeal to the US leader: an argument to pressure US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell to continue with his interest rate cut. As widely expected, the US Fed lowered its target rate to a range of 3.75 per cent to 4 per cent this year. But a further... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3331338/cheaper-chinese-goods-will-aid-trumps-push-lower-interest-rates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3331338/cheaper-chinese-goods-will-aid-trumps-push-lower-interest-rates?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:45:08 +0000 Vanessa Cai Vanessa Cai US President Donald Trump has said his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping gave him assurances that Beijing would take no action on Taiwan, as long as the Republican leader was in power. In an extract from a CBS News interview first released on Sunday, Trump said the island, which Beijing regards as part of its territory, to be reunited by force if necessary, “never even came up as a subject” when the two leaders met last week. Most countries, including the United States, do not recognise Taiwan as... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3331279/trump-says-he-has-assurances-beijing-no-attack-taiwan-during-his-term?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3331279/trump-says-he-has-assurances-beijing-no-attack-taiwan-during-his-term?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Nov 2025 04:28:25 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US President Donald Trump said he threatened India and Pakistan with 250 per cent tariffs to help spur the resolution of their conflict earlier this year, describing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “the nicest-looking guy” who was also a “killer” eager to fight. Trump made the comments on Wednesday while addressing a meeting of corporate leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea. Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for solving the four-day armed... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3330781/trump-claims-250-tariff-threat-ended-india-pakistan-conflict?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3330781/trump-claims-250-tariff-threat-ended-india-pakistan-conflict?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:54:26 +0000 Richard Heydarian Richard Heydarian “We do not need to chase [after other countries], we are the road,” said President Xi Jinping after inaugurating a major scientific project in Sanya, Hainan province, in 2018. Xi urged scientists to push the boundaries of technological development. Xi’s bold statement not only reflected his boundless confidence in China’s scientific community but also the wisdom of the “Made in China 2025” national economic strategy, which has produced nothing less than a technological renaissance. Thanks to a... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3330495/chinas-development-model-reverberating-around-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3330495/chinas-development-model-reverberating-around-world?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:30:08 +0000 Connor Mycroft Connor Mycroft An American Nobel laureate has lamented the “very bad” state of scientific collaboration between the US and China as he praised Hong Kong and the mainland for their “tremendous respect” for science and academia. Randy Schekman, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 2013, also praised Hong Kong’s openness and “free spirit” compared with the mainland, while urging both regions to foster more creativity among youth. He made the remarks at a press briefing ahead of his keynote address... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3330117/us-nobel-laureate-praises-hong-kong-blames-washington-china-science-impasse?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3330117/us-nobel-laureate-praises-hong-kong-blames-washington-china-science-impasse?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:30:15 +0000 Vanessa Cai Vanessa Cai Chinese state media has labelled the US a failed state, claiming it is “dying from within” as its global hegemony declines. The commentary published in Beijing Daily on Tuesday came as China’s policymakers prepared to outline long-term plans amid intensifying competition with Washington. Beijing on Monday began a key four-day conclave that will determine the country’s development over the next five years. The fourth plenum of the Communist Party’s Central Committee, which runs through Thursday,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3329966/chinese-state-media-says-us-dying-within-beijing-drafts-next-5-year-plan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3329966/chinese-state-media-says-us-dying-within-beijing-drafts-next-5-year-plan?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:18:26 +0000 Reuters Reuters The 20-day US federal government shutdown is likely to end this week, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Monday. “I think the Schumer shutdown is likely to end sometime this week,” White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said in an interview on CNBC, referring to Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, said his “friends in the Senate” believed it was “bad optics for Democrats to open the government before the ‘No Kings’... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329711/us-shutdown-near-end-after-no-kings-rallies-says-white-house-adviser-kevin-hassett?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329711/us-shutdown-near-end-after-no-kings-rallies-says-white-house-adviser-kevin-hassett?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:26:47 +0000 Jess Ma Jess Ma The US consulate in Hong Kong has said it will continue its passport and visa services in the city despite a funding freeze across the US government that shut down most of the country’s federal operations. But the consulate said on Wednesday its website updates would remain “limited” until full operations resumed, while its Instagram and Facebook accounts would not be updated regularly. “We will not update this account until full operations resume, with the exception of urgent safety and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3327498/us-consulate-hong-kong-continue-services-despite-government-shutdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3327498/us-consulate-hong-kong-continue-services-despite-government-shutdown?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Oct 2025 07:54:23 +0000