Government Executive: As Congress looks to avert a shutdown, sequester cuts and furloughs loom

https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/01/congress-looks-avert-shutdown-sequester-cuts-and-furloughs-loom/392988/

The New York Times: LaPierre, Longtime N.R.A. Leader, Faces Trial That Could End His Reign

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/nyregion/nra-lapierre-trial.html

The Hill: Colorado secretary of state knocks Trump, other Republicans for not condemning ‘rhetoric of violence’

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4385384-colorado-secretary-of-state-knocks-trump-other-republicans-for-not-condemning-rhetoric-of-violence/

Two men arrested in connection with the beating of a lesbian and a trans woman in Miami

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/two-men-arrested-connection-beating-lesbian-trans-woman-miami-rcna131624

More nonpregnant women are requesting abortion pills to have on hand

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/nonpregnant-women-are-requesting-abortion-pills-hand-rcna131914

Appeals court rules Texas can ban emergency abortions in spite of federal guidance

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/appeals-court-rules-texas-can-ban-emergency-abortions-spite-federal-gu-rcna131989

From CNN: Opinion: The Supreme Court could make a Trump victory virtually impossible

Opinion: The Supreme Court could make a Trump victory virtually impossible https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/31/opinions/supreme-court-trump-2024-election-states-remove-ballot-mark

From CNN: What we know about Israel’s Supreme Court ruling on Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul

What we know about Israel’s Supreme Court ruling on Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/02/middleeast/israel-supreme-court-ruling-netanyahu-explained-intl

From CNN: Meet the 9-year-old girl broadcasting life in Gaza on Instagram

Meet the 9-year-old girl broadcasting life in Gaza on Instagram https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/31/gaza-nine-year-old-journalist-contd-sn-cn-orig.cnn

Share Subject: Mysterious medieval cemetery unearthed in Wales

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