18 Mar 2025

USA correspondent Ron Elving

From Nine To Noon, 9:48 am on 18 March 2025

US Congress passes a stopgap spending bill to the chagrin of some Democrats but the big budgeting decisions are still to come. That as President Trump says he will talk to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin later this week about the Ukraine ceasefire deal.

A view of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, United States, on November 7, 2024, days after the national election. The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, serves as the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Aashish Kiphayet/NurPhoto) (Photo by Aashish Kiphayet / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

The US Capitol in Washington, DC, United States. Photo: AFP/Aashish Kiphayet