White House Plans Mass Layoffs During Shutdown

Plus, what Jane Goodall learned among the chimps. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes by Tony Romm

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference by Michael C. Bender

Supreme Court Allows Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now by Ann E. Marimow and Colby Smith

‘Enough Is Enough’: Many Palestinians Say Hamas Must Accept Cease-Fire Plan by Liam Stack

A Run on Canned Mackerel and Emergency Radios. The Reason? Drones. by Jeffrey Gettleman, Maya Tekeli, Amelia Nierenberg and Lynsey Chutel

Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 by Keith Schneider

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