What You Missed: News Titans Need to Know
Government shutdown:
The house passes a stopgap funding bill to avert government shutdown at midnight on Friday. The democrats in the senate are ready to block this measure due to Trump’s lack of an immigration deal and no compromise on a broader budget.
New Protections for workers who oppose abortion:
The Trump Administration announced that health care workers now have the ability to object abortion or gender reassignment surgeries. This is an expansion on religious freedom since these are considered controversial procedures.
Supreme Court says NC does not have to redraw congressional map right away:
The Supreme Court granted the request of North Carolina’s legislation to hold the decision made of redrawing on a lower court. This means that the elections this year could be held in districts the lower court deemed unconstitutional, due to clear party separations within districts.
