The government shutdown crosses the two-week mark, the fight to save women's sports takes a big legal win,

and Trump offers the president of Argentina a hand ahead of crucial elections.

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley.

It's Wednesday, October 15th, and this is Evening Wire.

The government shutdown continues. Senate Democrats voted again today to stop a Republican plan

to reopen it. Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, are refusing to vote for the Stop Gap bill.

That's unless it includes an extension of expiring Obamacare subsidies. They warn that

health care premiums could spike on

November 1st. Meanwhile, Republicans are accusing Democrats of stalling until after this weekend's

planned no king's protest in Washington. The Supreme Court is hearing a case today that could

change the way congressional districts are drawn and could impact next year's midterms.

The case, Louisiana v. Calais, centers on the claim that a Louisiana voting map overly considered the race of constituents and violated the Equal Protection's Clause

of the U.S. Constitution. Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act blocks electoral maps

from reducing the influence of minority voters.

If the court rules to overturn this provision, state legislatures would be prevented from considering race when redistricting.

The legal fight to save women's sports isn't over, and Idaho just scored a major victory.

Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham has the details.

A federal judge has rejected an attempt

by transgender athlete Lindsay Haycox

to drop her own case challenging Idaho's ban

on biological males competing in women's sports.

Judge David Nye ruled the state deserves its day in court,

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