• Government shutdown enters third week with little progress indicated by politicians (NBC News)

• What shutdown? Private companies step in to care for national parks (The Daily Wire)

• Trump considers declaring national emergency to build border wall (The Washington Times)

• Trump quotes Obama, Clinton in wall pitch (The Hill)

• Most Americans want Congress to fix budget crisis and increase spending (Reason)

• Senate throws hundreds of Trump nominees into limbo (The Hill)

• Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg missing Supreme Court arguments for first time (Associated Press)

• Nancy Pelosi wants taxpayer money to match campaign contributions (The Resurgent)

• Bolton attempts to clarify U.S.‘s next step in Syria, troops could stay for a while (Fox News)

• Court extends Mueller grand jury (The Hill)

• Main Street’s hiring woes show labor market’s growing muscle (Washington Examiner)

• 1.4 million Florida ex-felons have voting rights restored (The Washington Post)

• Brazil to combat crime by loosening gun control (Fox News)

• Brazil to move embassy to Jerusalem (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Policy: To keep Medicare for All at bay, offer a better alternative (RealClearPolicy)

• Policy: One year later, “net neutrality” zealots proved dead wrong (Investor’s Business Daily)

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