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But critics pressed for more disclosure about the donor and the legal basis for accepting such a gift in the middle of a funding lapse.

As of Thursday’s close, the broad market index was up 0.7% over the course of the shutdown that began when funding for federal agencies lapsed at 12:01 a.m. on Oct.

For a journalist whose name long stood for rigor, such lapses carried outsized weight.

September’s housing starts and permits data were expected last Friday, but weren’t published as government services remain scaled back during a lapse of funding.

The lapse in federal funding that began Oct.