12 PM ET: Looming gov't shutdown, 'Twitter Files,' clean energy discovery & more

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A government shutdown looms as lawmakers have until Friday midnight to agree on a funding deal. We’ll tell you what’s going on behind the shortage of drugs in the US. Two criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump are moving quickly. Twitter’s CEO Elon Musk is working with journalists to publish the so-called “Twitter Files” – we’ll take you inside each edition. And, a long-anticipated breakthrough could get us closer to achieving an infinite source of clean energy.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy