The TOI correspondent from Washington: US Democrats barely got a week to enjoy sweeping by-elections victories before bloodletting erupted between the party’s progressive wing and moderate centrists over a deal with Republicans to end the longest government shutdown in the country’s history. Eight moderate Democrats and one independent broke ranks to join Republicans in a 3am 60-40 vote that allowed passage of a clean continuing resolution (CR) to find government at current levels through February 14, 2026. The stop-gap measure secured none of the key Democratic priorities that had been demanded by the party’s progressive wing in exchange for keeping the government open, including an immediate extension for expiring subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and new money for child

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