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IRS consultant charged with disclosing tax returns of Trump and nation’s ‘wealthiest individuals’ to media  Fox News

Trump Co-Defendant in Georgia Election Interference Case Pleads Guilty  The New York Times Bail bondsman is first Trump co-defendant to plead guilty in Georgia election subversion case  CNN Trump co-defendant Scott Hall pleads guilty in Georgia election case  NBC News BREAKING: First Trump

Dianne Feinstein, senator from California, dies at age 90  The Associated Press Washington reacts to Feinstein’s death with shutdown deadline still approaching  CBS News Opinion | The Life and Legacy of Dianne Feinstein  The New York Times Opinion: Dianne Feinstein leaves a pathbreaking

Republicans reject own funding bill, US government shutdown imminent  Reuters GOP rebels, Dems sink House stopgap funding bill less than 48 hours before likely government shutdown  Fox News Freedom Caucus Eyeing Plan to Oust McCarthy as Early as Next Week: Report  The Daily

Milley says Trump disrespected US military with execution comment  CNN GOP candidates bash Trump over Milley ‘death’ comment  POLITICO Opinion | Donald Trump’s Campaign of Violence and Lawlessness  The New York Times

Protests continue in the Armenian capital Yerevan after the collapse of the breakaway government of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Twenty-five years ago, Felicity Porter unwittingly made the most important decision of her life. In the 1998 series premiere of Felicity, the titular character (played by Keri Russell) follows her high school crush Ben Covington (Scott Speedman) from Palo Alto

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks to Olivier Bancoult, leader of the Chagos Refugee Group. Fifty years ago, the UK forced the Chaggosians off their land to make room for a US military base.

South Korea’s government recently revised its laws to protect teachers’ rights, following street protests by teachers, who say harassment from parents has driven some teachers to commit suicide.

Slovakia, a member of both NATO and the EU, holds national elections on Saturday. The likely winner is an party that rejects NATO’s military support of Ukraine and is sympathetic toward Russia.