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    FILE – The Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. The U.S. government faces a shutdown unless Congress manages to overcome a budget impasse before the Sept. 30 funding deadline. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) WX418 WX418

    Congress says its wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart.

    Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown. VIEW

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    A plated meal ready for service at “Mehran’s Steak House,” a fake restaurant listing that grew so notorious that the pranksters opened it for one night only, at an event space in New York’s East Village neighborhood on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. The food, made by untrained chefs, received mixed reviews from diners, from “incredible” to “a scam.” (Lanna Apisukh/The New York Times) XNYT0924 XNYT0924

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    The Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota delivers a speech following an address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Rota is apologizing for recognizing in Parliament a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II, just after Zelenskyy addressed the House of Commons on Friday. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP) SKP106 SKP106

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    Flamingos stand by the water along a Lake Michigan beach on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023 in Port Washington, Wis.  The American flamingos spotted Friday at the beach, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Milwaukee, marked the first sighting of the species in Wisconsin state history, said Mark Korducki, a member of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology. (Paul A. Smith /Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP) WIMIL603 WIMIL603

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