YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Partial Government Shutdown Stopped, Search For Savannah Guthrie's Mom - The Hill | NEWSNATION
Host Blake Burman discusses President Trump signing a spending bill that put an end to the partial government shutdown, funding 96% of the government through September. The remaining 4% involves the Department of Homeland Security, which is now only funded through the next two weeks. Meanwhile in Arizona, the search for NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother continues, as an alleged ransom note emerges.
NEWSNATIONNOW (WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press) - Israel strikes Gaza, killing 19 including women and children, after saying Hamas violated deal
Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 19 Palestinians, most of them women and children, by midday Wednesday, according to hospital officials.
ABCNEWS - Ex-DOJ official's call for pro-Trump prosecutors could be 'dangerous': Ex-prosecutor
Calls by a former and current DOJ official for lawyers who "support President Trump" to join the DOJ "flatly contradict" federal laws, an ex-prosecutor says.
ABCNEWS - Minneapolis live updates: Homan to speak in Minneapolis on Wednesday
President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, was dispatched early last week to Minnesota.
ABCNEWS - Trilateral US-Ukraine-Russia peace talks resume in UAE after major energy attack
American, Ukrainian and Russian representatives are due to gather again in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday for the next round of trilateral talks.
WASHINGTONPOST (Theodoric Meyer, Arelis R. Hernández) - Standoff over ICE tactics could trigger another partial government shutdown
Democrats have demanded that Republicans agree to accountability measures to rein in personnel from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies.
WASHINGTONPOST (Maeve Reston) - Gavin Newsom sat by his mother during her assisted suicide, and came to terms with anger and grief
The governor and potential presidential candidate spoke about his mother’s controversial decision to end her life and the impact it had on his political beliefs.
WASHINGTONPOST (Dan Diamond, Olivia George) - Trump plans to install Christopher Columbus statue outside White House
The president has worked to recognize the explorer, saying Italian-Americans should “remember” Trump’s efforts when they go vote.
WASHINGTONPOST (Julie Z. Weil) - Why nobody really knows the scale of the U.S. housing crisis
Experts say the U.S. needs an additional 2 million to 20 million homes to fix the shortfall, underscoring the challenge of meeting the nation’s housing needs.