The Democrats got the shutdown they wanted, and no one is happy  —  The longest government shutdown in modern American history is about to end, after a handful of Democratic senators this weekend decided to provide Republicans enough votes to pass a short-term funding plan that would keep …

Utah judge rejects GOP redistricting effort, approving new map with a Democratic-leaning seat  —  The new map includes a solidly Democratic seat in Salt Lake City.  —  A Utah judge late Monday night rejected new congressional district lines drawn by Republican state lawmakers …

Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue for Jack Smith Searches  —  Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government.

Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally  —  Robert Harshbarger Jr. pleaded guilty in 2013 to health care fraud and distributing a misbranded drug.  His wife, Diana Harshbarger, is a member of Congress.  —  President Trump quietly pardoned the husband …

Investor angst over Big Tech's AI spending spills into bond market  —  Debt issued by groups building data centres has been hit in recent weeks  —  Investors have been selling off the debt of US tech heavyweights, showing how jitters over Silicon Valley's boom in spending on artificial intelligence have spilled into the bond market.

‘Sold POTUS a bill of goods’: WH furious with Pulte over 50-year mortgage … Roughly 10 minutes later, Trump posted the image to Truth Social, according to one of the people familiar, who was with the president at the time.  —  Almost immediately, aides were fielding angry phone calls …

Trump says “we can reform” SNAP  —  President Trump criticized the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP in an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham Monday night. … - “That's what the purpose of it [is]. … - The president said funding for the program has increased significantly …

Canada Lost Its Measles Elimination Status.  What Does It Mean for the U.S.?  —  The disease was once considered eliminated in Canada, but not any more — there have been more than 5,000 cases in the last 12 months as vaccination rates have fallen.  —  Canada has officially lost its status …

Trump has promised peace for Gaza.  Private documents paint a grim picture. … The presentation surfaces a particular concern about whether a so-called International Stabilization Force — a multinational security initiative meant to keep the peace in Gaza — can really be deployed.

Bari Weiss wants to take down CBS News' Standards and Practices unit for having ‘too much power’: sources  —  EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.  —  in New York  —  Your support helps us to tell the story

Trump says MTG has ‘some sort of act going on’  —  President Donald Trump on Monday delivered a sharp rebuke of Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a onetime ally who has become increasingly critical of the president in recent months.  “I don't know what happened to Marjorie,” he told reporters at an Oval Office press conference.

'It Feels Like I'm in a Nightmare': Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran  —  For decades, Iranians fleeing persecution have found protection in the United States.  But this fall, the Trump administration deported a planeload of people to Iran after making a deal with Tehran.