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Trump said funds have been identified to pay military servicemembers next week, with the government shutdown expected to continue and Congress still at an impasse on.wsj.com/3KQhsqJ


Budget chief Russell Vought had vowed to fire federal workers if Democrats refused to vote to reopen the government. On Friday, he did so. on.wsj.com/4oeQwzh


Jared Kushner, who had sworn off any formal role in President Trump’s second term, has been at the center of every decision leading up to the breakthrough agreement between Israel and Hamas on.wsj.com/4701u4S


President Trump underwent his latest physical exam on Friday, with his doctor concluding he has maintained exceptional health and that he received a Covid-19 booster vaccine on.wsj.com/438LKLB


Recent moves by President Trump reflect a commander in chief who feels as though he has faced surprisingly little resistance to his ambitious agenda in his second term on.wsj.com/3J69g5e


House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) received a rare public show of support from his right flank as he faces questions about his strategy for ending the government shutdown on.wsj.com/48qXzQW


Democrats were expecting to comfortably wrestle back control in Virginia next month. Instead, the local party has been thrown into crisis on.wsj.com/3W2xpN1


President Trump threatened to raise tariffs and impose export controls on China, after the country’s newest restrictions on rare-earth materials marked an escalation in trade negotiations on.wsj.com/477RMgX


From cabinet secretaries to state legislators, many women in today’s GOP have one thing in common: they got their start in public life by winning beauty pageants. on.wsj.com/42CF08O


The Bureau of Labor Statistics will bring some furloughed employees back to work so it can publish the September consumer-price index, a key inflation report, an administration official said on.wsj.com/4ohUojj


Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that ICE is “doubling down” in and around Chicago despite opposition from local officials and a legal challenge to the deployment of federalized National Guard members on.wsj.com/4o5dhWk


The government shutdown will soon hit the wallets of federal workers nationwide—here’s what to know on.wsj.com/46LMMj2


Previously unreported documents shed new light on the personal finances of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is vying to be the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat on.wsj.com/4o9JETV


Daily reports from Portland, Ore., police in the month leading up to Trump’s decision to send in federal troops paint a picture that’s different from what his public statements portrayed on.wsj.com/48ogNqw


Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a plan to end the war in Gaza. It includes several elements including all living hostages held by Hamas are to be released on.wsj.com/3WvSwHC


The Senate rejected a resolution that would have required President Trump to seek congressional approval before authorizing further U.S. military action in the Caribbean on.wsj.com/46XhBQx


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