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The village of Derevyannoe in Karelia, northwest Russia, has a well-kept feel to it. Apple trees heavy with fruit and tidy vegetable gardens, boats on trailers ready for sailing in the nearby lake and wood stacked up high for winter.

After White House trans flag controversy, Senators demand Biden fly pro-life flag  Fox News

White House planning for government shutdown after chaos on Capitol Hill  The Guardian US White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding  The Associated Press WATCH: White House holds news briefing as government shutdown looms  PBS

Biden announces White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention  ABC News White House creates office for gun violence prevention  CBS News Biden announces the creation of first White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to be led by Harris  Fox News

PM makes way back to Israel ahead of Yom Kippur, touts ‘many achievements’ during trip where anti-overhaul demonstrators followed him everywhere

Pentwater Capital predicted that FTC efforts to block big deals would fail.

Japan’s government is on a mission to get the country’s cash-hoarding households to invest more.

Early in the war, the West was shocked at Russia’s poor performance. But Moscow has fixed many errors and adapted on the battlefield.

The U.S. capital grapples with the coming departure of the giant beltway insiders—that have become part of life in Washington

Those who lived through it remember how Israel’s battle for existence divided society and shook Diaspora Jewry, much like its internal battle over the judicial overhaul today