‘A lot of fight’: Hakeem Jeffries is determined to make a mark on the shutdown standoff  Politico Jeffries says GOP uninterested in negotiating because ‘they apparently…

US Supreme Court expands its ’emergency’ docket – and Trump’s power too  Reuters Judges Show Strains From Trump’s Emergency Appeals  The Wall Street Journal Supreme Court’s Shadow…

More than 800 dead after earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan, Taliban say  The Washington Post Hundreds Dead After 6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Afghanistan  The New York Times ‘The walls…

How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time  NPR Could Trump’s latest moves be the beginning of the end for American unions?  CNN…

Russia suspected of jamming GPS on plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen  The Guardian Plane carrying EU’s top leader targeted by alleged Russian GPS jamming  CNN Russia…

Xi and Putin stand shoulder to shoulder as China casts itself as an alternative global leader  CNN China’s Xi pushes a new global order, flanked by…

House Oversight has withdrawn subpoena for Robert Mueller; new report says he has Parkinson’s disease  ABC News Robert Mueller Has Parkinson’s Disease, Family Says  The New York…