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‘Highly unusual’: White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources  ABC News

Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say  NBC News

White House instructs agencies to avoid firing cybersecurity staff, email says  Reuters.com

White House withdraws nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon to lead CDC  CNN

US government shutdown averted as Senate passes spending bill  BBC.com Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Approves Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown  The New York Times Van Jones Warns of ‘Volcanic Eruption of Outrage’ Toward Chuck Schumer  Newsweek Senate approves funding bill hours

US government shutdown averted as Senate passes spending bill  BBC.com Senate Advances Bill to Avert Government Shutdown  The New York Times Van Jones Warns of ‘Volcanic Eruption of Outrage’ Toward Chuck Schumer  Newsweek Democrat Party infighting exposes struggle to unite against Trump  BBC.com ‘Uniting

US government shutdown averted as Senate passes spending bill  BBC.com Senate Advances Bill to Avert Government Shutdown  The New York Times Schumer’s Shutdown U-Turn Deepens Democratic Party Divide  The Wall Street Journal Democrat Party infighting exposes struggle to unite against Trump  BBC.com Here Are

White House allegedly asked for updates on arrest of activist Mahmoud Khalil, his attorney says  ABC News

Government shutdown live updates: Senate votes on government funding bill today; Trump delivers remarks at DOJ  NBC News

Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the US ‘is no longer welcome’ in the country  The Associated Press Rubio boots South African ambassador from US: ‘persona non grata’  Fox News Rubio says South African ambassador to U.S. ‘no longer welcome’  The Washington Post