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The justices deferred a decision on the president’s efforts to oust Ms. Cook and instead set oral arguments in the case for January. Read full article

Despite a surge in new campus chapters, there is a void left by Charlie Kirk’s murder that has implications for the entire MAGA movement. Read full article

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Investors have typically been unfazed by government closures, but the longer a shutdown runs, the greater the chance of longer-lasting effects. Read full article

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Ben Casselman, the chief economics correspondent for The New York Times, describes the economic effects of a government shutdown. Read full article

With few senators from conservative states in their ranks, Democrats feel less pressure to capitulate, while more conservative Republicans are not inclined to cut a deal. Read full article

A coalition of blue states and Washington, D.C., accused the Trump administration of illegally “taking money from its enemies” in freezing emergency preparedness grants. Read full article

A federal judge said Sigal Chattah was not “validly serving as acting U.S. attorney.” The Trump administration had appointed her to the post in a way that circumvented federal procedures. Read full article

The decision vacated a finding by a panel of the court’s judges regarding President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants, but did not clear the way for such expulsions to resume. Read full article