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Government employees were expecting to see paychecks again as early as Nov. 20 after six weeks in limbo. Read full article

Authorities said a tanker truck parked outside a hotel in Weatherford, Okla., was leaking ammonia on Wednesday night, prompting evacuations. Read full article

Kevin Roberts, under fire for defending Tucker Carlson’s interview with a white nationalist, said that he did not keep up with the news and that he had simply read an aide’s script. Read full article

Our investigative reporter Steve Eder provides context about Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with President Donald Trump based on information from over 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein’s estate released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. Read full article

Calvin Duncan was cleared of murder after he became a legal authority in prison. In New Orleans, his campaign for clerk of criminal court has struck a nerve. Read full article

Anchorage will experiment with internet voting in local elections, betting that its ease and security will win over voters even in an era of election conspiracy theories. Read full article

After being sidelined for more than a month, they are bracing for the backlog that awaits them and struggling with the financial burden of going without pay. Read full article

The outcome could have serious consequences for the cases against two of President Trump’s opponents, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, the New York attorney general. Read full article

The region was already unsettled by sweeping government layoffs and funding cuts when the shutdown started. Read full article

Kevin Roberts, under fire for defending Tucker Carlson’s interview with a white nationalist, said that he did not keep up with the news and that he had simply read an aide’s script. Read full article