A downtown shooting in Montgomery leaves two dead and twelve injured, as Trump escalates authoritarian tactics with National Guard deployments, the government remains shut down, and Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks strain his alliance with Netanyahu.

Alabama Shooting

-via PBS and US News Report

Troops Around the Country

-via Axios and AP News

Trump MIA Again

-via The Daily Beast and AP News

Government Shutdown

-via CBS News and CNN

Israel-Hamas

-via The Guardian, CNN, Axios, and BBC

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