A funding deadlock shuts down the federal government as both parties dig in over health care policy. Live, in-game sports betting explodes, AI and microbets could produce slot-like behavior that worries public-health officials. In New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill confronts fallout after a largely unredacted military record was released. A Reagan-appointed judge issues a forceful rebuke of the Trump administration’s actions against pro-Palestinian student protesters, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth tells generals the Pentagon’s mission is now pure warfighting.