Wake Up Call: As Shut Down Looms, Mueller Probe Keeps Digging

• A U.S. government shutdown is looming as temporary government funding runs out at midnight Friday. But one thing that will keep running no matter what is Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia Probe. ( Bloomberg )

• A battle over what President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, can tell Congress has cast a glaring spotlight on potential conflicts of interest surrounding White House Counsel Don McGahn. McGahn, who was himself interviewed by Mueller’s team, shares a lawyer with Bannon —Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s William Burck. ( Bloomberg )

• The trust set up to handle General Motors Co.’s bankruptcy claims acted ...