Saturday's News Links

[Politico] Shutdown will stretch into another week as Senate standoff continues

[The Hill] Five Senate Democrats the GOP is trying to flip on government funding

[Yahoo Finance] Million-dollar homes are the fastest-moving part of the housing market as wealth gap grows

[Yahoo/LAT] California's home insurer of last resort seeks 36% rate hike following January fires

[AP] Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become first female PM

[Yahoo/Reuters] Japan's Takaichi sees need to achieve demand-driven inflation

[AP] Dozens injured in ‘savage’ Russian drone strike on Ukrainian railway station

[Bloomberg] Why Fears of a Trillion-Dollar AI Bubble Are Growing

[Bloomberg] Japan Braces for Shift to Right Under ‘Iron Lady’ Fan Takaichi

[Bloomberg] Will Sanae Takaichi Be Japan’s Thatcher, or Its Truss?

[Bloomberg] Ukraine Claims New Strike on Major Russia Oil-Export Refinery

[NYT] Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes

[WSJ] Shutdown Lays Bare America’s Latest Crisis: A Total Breakdown in Trust

[WSJ] Federal-Worker Buyouts Are Kicking In, Darkening the U.S. Employment Picture

[WSJ] Sam Altman Goes on Globe-Trotting Tour in Dash for Funds and AI Computing Power

[FT] Japan set for first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins leadership race