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* Trump held his eighth Cabinet meeting amid tensions over the government shutdown and National Guard deployments in Illinois and Oregon. The shorter-than-usual meeting came on the heels of an agreement between Israel and Hamas on the first phase of the Trump administration’s peace plan. * House Speaker Mike Johnson said on a conference call with House Republicans today that he does not plan on passing a standalone bill to pay U.S. troops before Oct. 15, when military personnel are set to miss their first paycheck, according to two GOP sources on the call. * Federal judges heard arguments today on challenges to Trump’s mobilization of National Guard troops in Chicago and Portland, Oregon, to bolster federal immigration and anti-crime operations. Trump has threatened to invo

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