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Here's your morning brief for Thursday, October 2nd. I'm Caitlin McCabe for the Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. government is a little more than 24 hours into its shutdown, and the Trump administration is ramping up pressure on Democrats.

The president's budget chief Russell vote announced he had put a hold on $18 billion in federal funds for New York City

infrastructure projects, citing concerns about diversity, equity, and inclusion. That includes funds

for a Hudson River Tunnel Project and Subway Extension. Democratic congressional leaders,

Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, both of whom represent New York,

held firm in saying they won't support any government funding bill that doesn't include

restoring billions of dollars in health care spending. We are exclusively reporting that the

U.S. will for the first time provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile strikes

on Russia's energy infrastructure.

According to U.S. officials, the president recently signed off on allowing intelligence agencies and the Pentagon to aid Keeve with the strikes, while officials have also asked

NATO allies to provide similar support. The expanded intelligence sharing with Kiv is the

latest sign that Trump is deepening support for Ukraine, as his efforts to advance peace talks have stalled.

And shares of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix surge to multi-year highs in Seoul after the South Korean memory chipmakers struck initial agreements with chat GPT maker, OpenAI, to work together on global

AI infrastructure. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman signed letters of intent with both companies

yesterday to team up on his next generation data centers under his company-led Stargate initiative.

No deal value was disclosed. Asian stocks ended the day higher.

European indexes are also higher in midday trading and U.S. stock features are rising ahead of the

open. And we have a lot more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast.

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