Good morning,

As I was writing this newsletter, we were just minutes away from the midnight deadline for the US government to avert a shutdown. Democrats in Congress have blocked a Republican plan to keep federal funding flowing, making a shutdown inevitable. This means government agencies would have to discontinue all but “essential” activities, such as law enforcement, and furlough workers. This would be the first government shutdown since 2019, also under Donald Trump ’s administration. Follow live updates.

On that note, let’s get to the rest of today’s edition. 👇

🚨 Big Story

The final voter list for Bihar is out, over three months after the Election Commission announced the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the poll-bound state. As many as 68.6 lakh names have been struck o

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