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A Government Shutdown Isn't Really a Shutdown. Most Federal Employees Are Still Working and Will Get Paid.

The federal government continues paying its biggest bills during a shutdown, and hundreds of thousands of federal employees get a belatedly paid vacation.

Reason

‘You are unleashed’: White House officials rally Memphis law enforcement ahead of National Guard troop deployment

About a dozen federal law enforcement agencies ordered by President Donald Trump to fight crime in Memphis, Tennessee, have begun making arrests

The Independent UK

Government Shutdowns Are an Example of Congress Doing Its Job

Refusing to fund the government is the primary way minority party lawmakers can check the excesses of the executive branch and the majority party.

Reason

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Caleb Nelson's Originalist Critique of Unitary Executive Theory

The prominent originalist legal scholar argues the Constitution does not require that the president have the power to fire executive branch officials.

Reason

Eliminating The Voting Rights Act Asymmetry

After Callais, neither party would benefit from a VRA bonus.

Reason

House Democrat rages against his own party on the government shutdown

Rep. Jared Golden said the shutdown is being "driven by the demands far-left groups are making."

Axios

Democrats liken Trump to Putin after call to use US cities for military training

Illinois governor JB Pritzker and others condemn president for suggesting cities be used as military training grounds

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Lawsuit filed against immigration authorities after U.S. citizen's arrests in raids

A U.S. citizen who is a construction worker in Alabama has filed a federal lawsuit after he says he was detained twice by immigration agents within just a few weeks

The Independent UK

The US military has long been an engine of social change. Hegseth's approach runs counter to that

The U.S. military has historically been an engine for cultural and social change in America

The Independent UK

A Fifth Circuit Disgrantle in the Alien Enemies Act Case

Judge Southwick dissents from the grant of rehearing en banc, Judge Ho cites his Abbott concurrence on the Invasion Clause.

Reason

The seven Democratic senators whose votes could be key to ending the government shutdown

These are the senators we're watching closely for signs of movement.

Axios

The Guardian view on Trump’s Argentina bailout: it’s a political play, not an economic plan

Editorial: Washington’s $20bn lifeline for rightwing populist Javier Milei isn’t about stability or sovereignty, it’s about winning an election

The Guardian - UK

Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Immediately Firing Fed Governor

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday barred Donald Trump from immediately firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, as the president mounts multiple challenges that have tested the independence of the central bank.

International Business Times

What do Trump and Hegseth’s inflammatory speeches to military generals signal?

The Trump administration evidently seeks to transform the US military into a partisan tool of the president’s regime

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The Independent UK

Pope Leo questions what it actually means to be pro-life

Pope Leo called for mutual respect between opposing factions

The Guardian - US

‘A righteous fight’: Democrats hold fast on healthcare but also use shutdown to pummel Trump

Republicans, however, need to peel off only a few votes to end stalemate over government funding

The Independent UK

Maine clinics also hit by cuts that targeted Planned Parenthood plan to halt primary care

A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine says it is shutting down its primary care operations because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers

Axios

Trump admin uses government sites to blame Democrats for shutdown

An ethics watchdog says it's a "blatant violation."

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The shutdown is cutting off data you paid for

Some government data portals are currently inaccessible and not being updated.

The Guardian - US

‘This is their shutdown’: Democrats and Republicans blame each other as government closes down

Democrats say Republicans have ‘decimated healthcare for 20m Americans’ and say they will not blink first

Reason

Reversing The Burger Court

The Supreme Court has largely left Warren Court precedents in place, but is consistently undoing precedents from the Burger Court.

Axios

How long past government shutdowns have lasted

The last government shutdown during Trump's first term was the longest in history.

Texas Observer

‘Make Resistance Sexy’

In Houston, actor Kendrick Sampson seeks to make a party out of political engagement.

International Business Times

US Senators Struggle For Off-ramp As Shutdown Kicks In

The United States entered a government shutdown Wednesday with President Donald Trump and Democrats in an acrimonious stand-off and banking on the other side to blink first in what could be a prolonged crisis.

The Guardian - US

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood clinics suspend abortion services amid funding crisis

Planned Parenthood is struggling to navigate fallout of law that blocks them from receiving Medicaid reimbursements

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