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• House Republicans Unveil Spending Bill to Avert Shutdown at Week’s End, by Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse

• Trump, With More Honey Than Vinegar, Cements an Iron Grip on Republicans, by Annie Karni and Jonathan Swan

• Trump Promised Americans Booming Wealth. Now He’s Changing His Tune, by Tyler Pager

• Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights, by Devlin Barrett

• Ukraine Bombards Russia, Forcing Moscow Airports to Close, by Marc Santora and Ivan Nechepurenko

• Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on I.C.C. Warrant, by Sui-Lee Wee and Camille Elemia

• 15 Lessons Scientists Learned About Us When the World Stopped, by Claire Cain Miller and Irineo Cabreros

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