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* The White House is facing heat over a draft memo arguing that furloughed federal workers are not entitled to back pay after the government shutdown lifts. * Attorney General Pam Bondi faced questions from senators this morning about National Guard deployments and immigrant arrests in U.S. cities, the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, and files related to Jeffrey Epstein, among other issues. * The FAA was experiencing staffing issues and anticipating shortages at airports and other air traffic control facilities as the government shutdown entered its seventh day amid a standoff between Democratic and Republican leaders. * Israel is marking two years since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas-led fighters that killed 1,200 people and abducted 251 others. Meanwhile, peac

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