21 during his four-day visit to Seoul from Aug.

sending it to the Senate ahead of a Friday deadline.Hard-right members upset by the short-term extension that did not include spending cuts and who wanted the House to pass the appropriations bills individually moved to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as their leader.

while dozens of Republicans opposed it.but later said Democrats would support it given its exclusion of spending cuts and extreme right-wing policy riders.Washington The Senate is expected to vote on a stopgap funding bill on Wednesday that would punt a spending fight until early next year.

By the time Johnson took the gavel.The House has passed seven bills.

agriculture and energy until Jan.

Neither [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell nor I want a shutdown.I think the two countries [Israel and Saudi Arabia] will work together behind the scenes.

and we may also witness covert malign operations on both sides.but their relationship has begun to thaw since they signed an agreement to resume diplomatic ties in Beijing last month.

Iraq had a vested interest in bringing the two longtime foes together: The decades-old sectarian rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has played out on Iraqi soil as much as it has anywhere else.Below is a look at how the deal brokered by China could impact the region.