A welcome end to a pointless shutdown  —  Eight centrist Senate Democrats took the brave step of crossing their party's rabid base to cut a deal with Senate Republicans and end the federal government shutdown Sunday night.  If all goes smoothly, the House could vote on the new continuing resolution …

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 …

Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break  —  The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes …

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

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.

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.

Defense lawyers seek Bill Essayli's ouster, again … Seabright, a Hawaii-based George W. Bush appointee assigned due to conflict-of-interest issues raised by having judges in the same California district resolve the dispute, concluded that the reappointment maneuver was unlawful.

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 …

'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.

Exclusive: ‘She was the best man for the job’: Hegseth's policies are pushing qualified women out of the military  —  Everything was set for the Navy officer to take over a new role that would have capped an already distinguished career— and made her the first woman in a Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs.

Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to Be Racist  —  The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”  —  The fall of constantinople wiped the last living Roman civilization from the Earth.  The city's refugees fled west, helping spark the Renaissance; its legacy shaped the religious traditions …

Top House committee chairman reveals he won't seek re-election in 2026  —  House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington has served since 2017  —  FIRST ON FOX: House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, will not seek re-election in 2026.  —  The senior Republican lawmaker …

Welcome to Tesla Capitalism  —  Or: JVL explains why Americans are toying with socialism.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Our Socialist Future  —  You might not be interested in socialism, but socialism is interested in you.  —  National socialism is at the heart of Trumpism, which currently controls all three branches of government.