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The U.S. government is bracing for a shutdown. President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders emerged from a White House meeting Monday afternoon with no deal to keep the government running. Democrats have insisted on including some healthcare priorities for the deal, while Republicans want a seven-week extension of current funding levels. Funding runs out at midnight tonight. The Trump administration has indicated it plans to use the shutdown as an opportunity for more government layoffs. 鈥� Staff

Hundreds of the U.S. military鈥檚 top commanders were set to meet on Tuesday morning at a base just outside Washington, D.C. after being summoned last week. Amid concerns about security and costs of last-minute travel, the Pentagon has not provided a reason for the unusual gathering. President Trump, who will also attend, said in a weekend television appearance on NBC that it will be a 鈥渘ice meeting about how well we鈥檙e doing militarily.鈥� 鈥� Staff

YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit that President Trump brought against the company over the suspension of his account following the 2021 U.S. Capitol riots. In January, Meta agreed to pay about $25 million, and X paid about $10 million in February, to settle similar lawsuits by Mr. Trump, who accused them of unlawfully silencing conservative viewpoints. 鈥� Reuters

The coal industry is getting a boost. The Department of Energy announced plans to invest $625 million to subsidize and support coal-fired plants, including some scheduled to close. The Interior Department said it will open 13 million acres of federal land for coal projects, while the EPA plans to loosen regulations for coal plant operators. The Trump administration calls the moves essential for national security and electricity needs. Environmentalists have criticized boosting the 鈥渄irtiest鈥� fossil fuel for its air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. 鈥� Staff

Electronic Arts is set to be acquired in the largest private equity-funded buyout in history. The investors include Saudi Arabia鈥檚 sovereign wealth fund and Jared Kushner, President Trump鈥檚 son-in-law, who will buy the video game maker for $55 billion. The size of the video game market has attracted large investors in recent years. Microsoft snapped up one of Electronic Arts鈥� biggest rivals, Activision Blizzard, for nearly $69 billion in 2023. 鈥� The Associated Press

The U.S. renewed some funding for demining in Cambodia, after a freeze on foreign assistance raised concerns. Cambodia鈥檚 countryside is littered with millions of land mines from decades of conflict. Since the fighting ended in 1998, leftover explosives have killed nearly 20,000 people. Washington has contributed over $220 million for demining since 1993. The latest grant is worth $675,000. 鈥� AP

The Dutch government will return thousands of fossils taken during the colonial era to Indonesia, after a commission ruled they were removed 鈥渁gainst the will of the people.鈥� The renowned Dubois Collection includes the first fossil evidence of Homo erectus, known as 鈥淛ava Man.鈥� Some Western nations are returning looted artifacts and other objects as part of a reckoning with their colonial histories. 鈥� AP

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had accepted a U.S. plan for Gaza. But prospects for ending the war lean on Arab and Muslim states to deliver Hamas鈥� agreement to disarm. And a U.S. and Israeli threat of force hangs heavily.

Polls show young liberal women prioritize financial independence, while young conservative men prioritize children. Those differing goals aren鈥檛 emerging in a vacuum. There has long been a segment of American 海角大神s who question the legal rights of women. What鈥檚 changed is they now have a prominent voice in the Trump administration.

The raid by U.S. immigration agents on a Hyundai factory in Georgia has done more than short-term financial damage. It has amplified South Korean frustration with its American ally.聽

The Biden administration promoted a tax credit for electric vehicle purchases in part as a way to reduce climate-warming emissions. President Trump is ending the credit, hoping to boost fossil fuels. The next move is up to consumers.

Is crime-fighting all in the family? The kin in this autumn鈥檚 crop of mysteries are caught up in everything from blackmail to homicide.

In today鈥檚 political discourse, diametrically opposite viewpoints, or asserted 鈥渇acts,鈥� seem ingrained. The Sept. 25 indictment of former FBI Director James Comey by the U.S. Department of Justice underscores this rift.

Among lawmakers of each party, for example, views are reliably partisan. Yet in the wider arena of public comment, conservative and liberal observers are more in agreement than in argument: They see this action as a proving ground for the country鈥檚 system of democratic rule of law and checks on power, while cautioning that 鈥渓awfare鈥� (using courts to intimidate or hinder an opponent) does not honor justice.

Mr. Comey faces two charges 鈥� perjury and obstruction of justice. The administration鈥檚 case is seen as generally weak by legal experts from across the spectrum. President Donald Trump publicly demanded that Mr. Comey be prosecuted, even after previous investigations found insufficient grounds to do so. The prosecutor is inexperienced. And technology glitches during an online 2020 Senate hearing muddied Mr. Comey鈥檚 responses, which are germane to the charges.

A judge may dismiss the case on evidentiary grounds or as a 鈥渟elective鈥� prosecution, challenging the president鈥檚 attempts for legal retribution on opponents. Or the case may go to trial. The varied routes forward highlight the built-in guardrails in the American judicial system 鈥� which have acted, and continue to act, against abuses of the system. Conservative voices have pointed to previous cases against Mr. Trump as unwarranted. Mr. Trump himself 鈥� as a businessman, president, and ex-president 鈥� has benefited from and been bound by those same safeguards of law. He has had lawsuits dismissed, won some, and lost others.

Both the president and Mr. Comey are now relying on the judicial system. Even this modicum of faith hints at the deeper roots of society鈥檚 trust in the U.S. tenet that 鈥渁ll men are created equal鈥� 鈥� and presumed innocent until proven otherwise. Such principles informing Western law grew from a Judeo-海角大神 understanding of God that upholds the spiritual innocence of each person. Law promotes 鈥渋ts own sanctity,鈥� said the late legal historian and philosopher Harold J. Berman. It appeals to citizens鈥� 鈥渇aith in a truth, a justice, that transcends social utility.鈥�

鈥淟aw serves love ... by creating a soil in which it may grow,鈥� Professor Berman said in a 1971 lecture. The fact that the judge 鈥渓istens to both sides of a case, that he opens his mind and heart to both plaintiff and defendant, is designed to exclude prejudice or hatred as a factor in deciding. This is what love demands.鈥� And, one might add, this is what enables the law to function at its best.