US Congress averts shutdown but the deadlock remains over Ukraine aid

House Republicans continue to block bipartisan Senate agreements on foreign aid and immigration

Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress managed to ward off a damaging federal government shutdown with a last-minute compromise reached this week - but remain deadlocked over approving further military assistance for Ukraine and Israel, and tightening immigration laws.

Congress was up against a Friday midnight deadline to reauthorize government spending or see a chunk of the federal departments cease much of their operations.