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DRIVING THE DAY — CONGRESS HURTLES TOWARD A SHUTDOWN, write POLITICO's Burgess Everett, John Bresnahan and Rachael Bade: "Congress is careening toward the first shutdown in more than four years, with Republicans and Democrats at a seemingly intractable impasse over government funding and the fates of young immigrants facing deportation.

The war on the war on weed has officially begun.

Two weeks ago, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rolled back protections for states that legalized the cultivation and sale of marijuana. Now, politicians in pro-pot states are pushing back. On Wednesday, attorneys general from 19 states wrote a letter to Congress seeking expanded authority to allow marijuana businesses to store their money in federally regulated banks.

A group of House Democrats on Wednesday introduced a bill to legalize marijuana at the federal level and expunge federal convictions for marijuana use or possession.

The bill, introduced by Reps. Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna of California and sponsored by 12 House Democrats, is a companion to Sen. Cory Booker's Marijuana Justice Act, introduced in the Senate last year.

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur is a Democrat who represents the ninth district of Ohio. Congressman Ro Khanna is a Democrat who represents the 17th district of California, better known as Silicon Valley. Cheddar sat the two members down to discuss innovation in America. How does Silicon Valley branch out to and revive middle America?

Many politicians can say little in a lot of words. But it's a rare politician who can say a lot in a few words. Congressman Ro Khanna (D-District 17) is one of them. Recently, he took some time from a jam-packed day to talk with the Weekly.

Elected in 2016, Khanna currently sits on the House Budget and Armed Services committees and is a Vice Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) called on Wednesday for lawmakers to pass a measure barring President Trump from launching a preemptive nuclear strike on North Korea without congressional approval.

Khanna's comments followed Trump's claim on Tuesday that the U.S. has a "much bigger" and "more powerful" nuclear arsenal than that of North Korea, after that country's leader, Kim Jong Un, said that he has a nuclear launch button on the desk in his office.

SENATE VOTE ON NET NEUTRALITY? — Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) says he's one co-sponsor away from the 30 required to discharge his Congressional Review Act resolution to undo the FCC's net neutrality repeal, forcing a floor vote. "We're up to 29! @SenKamalaHarris just signed on to my effort to reverse the repeal of #NetNeutrality rules!" Markey tweeted Tuesday night. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had pledged such a vote last month.

On the morning of Sept. 10, 2016, aircraft bombed a remote area in western Yemen where workers were drilling a well for a nearby village. After the first strike, villagers came to remove bodies and see the damage. The planes returned and bombed the rescuers. All told, the assault eventually killed more than 20 people, including three children. Two months later, Human Rights Watch investigators visiting the site found two bomb fragments that showed the explosives were made in the United States.