Saturday's News Links

[Politico] Trump clings to filibuster demand as shutdown drags on

[AP] What to know about the flight cancellations at US airports caused by the government shutdown

[AP] Republicans swat down Democratic offer to end shutdown as impasse continues into 38th day

[Axios] Trump scrambles for minerals to break dependence on China

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Orders DOJ to Probe Meatpackers as Beef Prices Soar

[Reuters] Trump says no US government official will attend G20 summit in South Africa

[Yahoo/Telegraph] Britain faces worst decade of growth in a century

[Bloomberg] How Affordability Became the Year’s Defining Political Issue

[Bloomberg] What Will Trump Buy Next? Hunt Is On for White House Stock Picks

[NYT] Debt Has Entered the A.I. Boom

[NYT] A.I. Isn’t the Only Thing Pushing Up Electricity Bills. (But It’s Mostly A.I.)

[WSJ] The Week the AI Boom Got a Reality Check on Wall Street

[FT] ‘A perfect storm’: how New York’s affordability crisis reshaped its politics

[FT] BlackRock to wind down fund that invested in failed car lender Tricolor

[FT] Non-bank lenders may be fair-weather friends

[FT] Corporate America posts best earnings in 4 years despite tariffs

[FT] The AI boom comes to America’s loneliest place