Shutdown Averted, McCarthy Faces Mutiny: Your Sunday US Briefing

Greetings from New York City, where it now appears impossible to buy a submersible water pump to drain a flooded basement after last week’s freak flash flooding. Take note, climate change entrepreneurs! Business opportunities would rise if New York City regulates illegal basement apartments, in which dozens of people have died in similar, recent downpours. The big surprise: The US narrowly averted a disruptive and costly shutdown as Congress passed legislation to keep the government running until Nov. 17. The legislation, passed in both chambers Saturday just hours before a...