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1. LIVE UPDATES | U.S. Supreme Court justices question Trump’s sweeping use of tariffs

   

2. This Texas county turned Republican for 1st time in over a century. A year on, voters say they have no regrets

   

   CBC News recently travelled to Starr County, Texas, to get a better sense of how voters feel one year after Donald Trump returned to the White House. Trump flipped this county in 2024, becoming the first Republican presidential nominee to win it in 132 years — though residents are divided on his policies.

3. Aid groups call for urgent access of shelter, food items into Gaza as winter nears

   

   Thousands of boxes filled with shelter items and food are sitting idle in Jordan, Egypt and Israel, humanitarian agencies say, warning that very little aid is making its way into Gaza nearly four weeks after a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel began.

4. U.S. government shutdown is now the longest in history

   

   The government shutdown has entered its 36th day, setting the record as the longest ever, disrupting the lives of millions of Americans with federal program cuts, missed paychecks, flight delays while costing the U.S. at least $10 billion per week, according to estimates.

5. Trump's claims of Christian persecution in Nigeria bump up against facts

   

   U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to go "guns-a-blazing" into Nigeria over what he claims to be deadly persecution of Christians are prompting pushback in the West African nation.