A Breakthrough Government Shutdown Vote, and New Tax Cuts for the Ultrarich

Plus, a house-size spider web. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Senate Moves Toward Ending Shutdown After Democratic Defectors Relent by Catie Edmondson and Michael Gold

Airport Disruptions May Get Worse This Week by Niraj Chokshi

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy by Jesse Drucker

Two Top BBC Leaders Quit Over Editing of Trump Documentary by Stephen Castle

As Aquifers Dry Up, Tehran Rations Water and Calls for Rain Prayers by Sanam Mahoozi and Erika Solomon

Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before by Adeel Hassan

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