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Here's your morning brief for Monday, September 29th. I'm Caitlin McCabe for the Wall Street Journal.

With the clock ticking on a potential government shutdown, President Trump and congressional

leaders from both sides of the aisle are heading into last-minute talks at the White House today.

House Republicans passed a bill this month that would fund the government into late November

and add millions of dollars for security for

lawmakers following recent political violence. But Democrats blocked that measure in the Senate,

demanding the restoration of hundreds of billions of dollars in health care spending. If a deal

isn't reached, the government will shut down at 12.01 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, October 1st.

Four people have been killed and several injured at a church in Michigan about 50 miles north of Detroit. Hundreds of people were attending a

church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Service Sunday when a man drove into the front doors,

got out, and began firing. He was then shot and killed by local authorities.

Local police say the gunman used gasoline to set fire to the church, making the ongoing

recovery process difficult. And the race for New York City Mayor is shifting after Mayor Eric Adams

has ended his re-election campaign. The decision narrows the field in a hotly contested race,

with business leaders in New York desperate to stop the race's frontrunner, Democratic Socialist

Zoran Mamdani. Recent polling shows Mamdani holds a commanding 20-point lead over former governor

Andrew Cuomo, but some polls show a closer race if it were a one-to-one match between the two Democrats.

Asian stocks ended the day mostly higher. A broad gauge of European stocks is rising alongside

U.S. stock futures. Data on pending home sales are due today as are earnings from Cruise Company

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