The government didn’t shut down, but Dems are divided

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Congress avoided a government shutdown on Thursday, </span><a href="https://apple.news/AMWI2sgLJQnCg1LMo6C0tEw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">sending a stopgap spending bill</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to President Biden&rsquo;s desk with funding for another nine weeks. Meanwhile, </span><a href="https://apple.news/ADQJPMqVESkmr6xgaEn4D6w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Politico</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reports that Democrats were unsuccessful in efforts to advance their legislative priorities, leaving a pair of infrastructure bills in limbo. Russell Berman in the </span><a href="https://apple.news/AC1GFHW9yRkG2H-yrxR-ZYA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Atlantic</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> says they have plenty of time to turn things around.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While there is no law preventing judges from owning stocks, they are barred from hearing cases where they or their family have an interest. A </span><a href="https://apple.news/AUnro8fSxReOHgMCyozbsKQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall Street Journal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> investigation finds that some have violated this rule.</span></p> <p>Vaccine mandates may have had controversial beginnings, but a <a href="https://apple.news/AZ6HAzEI5RQyZiDngsjJbJg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> analysis finds that anecdotal evidence tells us they&rsquo;re working.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A modern-art museum gave a Danish artist $84,000 to be used in a work of art. Instead of delivering a piece that incorporated the cash, he gave the museum two blank canvases titled &ldquo;Take the Money and Run.&rdquo; </span><a href="https://apple.news/ArxtQnXxWRYaJ6cjvVHIgnw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CBS News</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reports.</span></p>