WHAT TO KNOW

* President Trump is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House today to try and turn rising hopes into a deal to end to Israel’s offensive in Gaza and free hostages still held in the devastated Palestinian enclave. * Trump is scheduled to meet with the top four congressional leaders this afternoon in a high-stakes sit-down at the White House that could determine whether the federal government shuts down this week. * The Supreme Court meets for its “long conference” today — when it begins to review cases that built up over the summer. The list of appeals includes Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge to her child sex-trafficking conviction. * Oregon and Portland are suing the Trump administration to stop its deployment of National Guard troops to the

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