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- Government shutdown risk spikes as House Republicans leave town in disarray amid hard-right revolt to passing a spending bill.
- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York holds individual votes for high level military nominees, sidestepping Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville’s months-long block on military promotions.
- Ukraine’s president Volodomyr Zelensky made a whirlwind trip to Washington to shore up support for the fight against Russia.
- Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as leader of both Fox’s parent company and his News Corp. media holdings.
- California state lawmakers joined community activists and gun violence survivors to urge Governor Gavin Newsom to sign into law proposed legislation that would fund school safety and violence prevention programs.
- California sues two anti-abortion organizations for misleading women and advertising a scientifically unproven procedure called abortion pill reversal.
- Oakland’s unhoused community calls for increased protection and support from the city as homeless residents say they have been subject to increased violence, harassment and evictions.