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Gov’t Shutdown Standoff Continues: CBS News, NY Times, Politico, WSJ

Two Years Since Hamas Attack on Israel: CNN, NY Times, WaPo, WSJ, AP

SCOTUS Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s Appeal: WaPo, WSJ, Axios, BBC

Efforts to Send National Guard to OR, IL: WSJ, Politico, AP, NBC News, ABC News, Reuters 

Chicago’s New ICE-Free Zones: Fox News, The Hill, CBS News

U.S. has Fewer International Students: NY Times, Reuters, CNBC, The Guardian

June Tornado was an EF5: Accuweather, CNN, NY Times, AP

U.S. Measles Cases Grow: Reuters, CBS News, NY Times, NBC News

CDC Director Wants MMR Changes: Stat, NBC News, Reuters

OpenAI, AMD Deal: OpenAI, Axios, WSJ, CNN, Fox Business

Prime Big Deal Days: Amazon, Consumer Reports, ABC News, NBC News, CNN, Courier-Post

Trivia Tuesday: Where in the world is it still 2018? 
Last Week’s Q: Which planet spins backward? 
Last Week’s A: Venus
Read More: NASA, Scientific American, BBC, World Atlas