the official told reporters on condition of anonymity

McCarthys ouster paralyzed the House from moving any legislation for three weeks amid Republican Party infighting over who should replace him.All but two Democrats voted to pass the measure.

Neither [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell nor I want a shutdown.but later said Democrats would support it given its exclusion of spending cuts and extreme right-wing policy riders.the government is set to shutdown Saturday.

while dozens of Republicans opposed it.Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he hoped there would be a strong bipartisan vote for the House bill.

Congress reached a last-minute deal to fund the government through Nov.

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.the secretary-general of the academy.

chemistry and economics prizes.were honored for their work with the tiny particles that are just a few atoms in diameter and whose electrons have constrained movement.

and Danish scientist Morten Meldal were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a way of snapping molecules together that can be used to explore cells.chemist Louis Brus and Russian physicist Alexei Ekimov.