🌅 Good morning, RootBadger. Thursday starts with a straight Reuters read on federal funding, plus one useful September skywatching note for the calendar.
🗞️ Reuters morning read: Reuters reports that President Trump signed a temporary funding bill to avert a government shutdown before the midterm elections. The measure keeps federal agencies operating past October 1 while Congress still faces the larger job of writing full-year spending bills — a practical U.S. morning read for anyone watching public services, budgets, markets, or election-year negotiations.
Read more: [Reuters — Trump signs bill to avert government shutdown before midterm
elections](https://rootbadger.com/shortened/daezqapje
nment-shutdown-before-midterm-elections-2026-09-03/)
🔭 Useful this morning: NASA's September skywatching guide is up. If the evenings are cooling where you are, mark a few low-effort windows: Venus reaches peak brilliance on Sept. 18, the equinox lands Sept. 22, and the Harvest Moon rises near Saturn and Neptune on Sept. 26.
Source: [NASA — What's Up: September 2026 Skywatching
Tips](https://rootbadger.com/shortened/pkizsol9x
skywatching-tips-from-nasa/)
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