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This is an update for the meeting: City Council Special Meeting - Feb 08 2021
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City Council Special Meeting - Feb 08 2021

We're entering Day 22 of the second-longest federal government in U.S. history. The Senate will convene today to try once again to end the shutdown but Democrats have so far refused to vote for a House funding resolution unless it extends health insurance subsidies used by over 20-million people.        North Korea reportedly test fired several short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast earlier today. The test comes as President Trump is expected to visit South Korea October 31st for a regional summit. It was the first reported North Korean ballistic missile test since May.        Walmart is halting job offers to foreign candidates who need H-1B visas to work in the U.S. The policy change announced on Tuesday comes after the Trump administration said it was imposing a 100-thousand-dollar fee on visas for highly-skilled workers. The administration says the fee is intended to curb abuse of the H-1B visa program.        The browser wars are back. OpenAI surprised many on Tuesday by announcing that they're launching what they call the Atlas web browser. An AI-focused browser is widely seen as a direct challenge to the dominance of Google Chrome.        The Thunder held a championship ceremony and cruised to a huge opening night win as the NBA regular season opened yesterday. The 125-124 victory over the Houston Rockets came in double-overtime. Elsewhere, the Warriors held on for a 119-109 win over the LeBron-less Lakers from Los Angeles.       

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