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How John Thune Sees the Shutdown Ending
Senate Majority Leader John Thune laid out a path to end the government shutdown, saying he is willing to discuss the shape of future health care negotiations if a “critical…
White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement
“The Trump administration is laying out a set of operating principles that it wants universities to agree to in exchange for preferential access to federal funds,” the Wall Street Journal…
White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain on Foes
“The Trump administration took steps on Wednesday to maximize the pain of the government shutdown, halting billions of dollars in funds for Democratic-led states while readying a plan to lay…
Shutdown Rolls On
Punchbowl News: “Democrats are pushing for a 10-day stopgap funding bill that would preserve their ability to force a deal on Obamacare subsidies. Democrats say this is necessary because they…
U.S. to Provide Ukraine With Intelligence
“The U.S. will provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, American officials said, as the Trump administration weighs sending Kyiv powerful weapons that could put…
Karoline Leavitt Retakes Prime Office Space
“Karoline Leavitt is back in the press secretary’s traditional office in the White House,” CBS News reports. “Leavitt is reclaiming the roomy space with a fireplace that Taylor Budowich, President…
Who Exactly Is an Essential Employee?
Philip Elliot: “Amid all these threats, the number of workers who haven’t yet found themselves furloughed is raising eyebrows, according to conversations with federal workers left in a lurch and…
Furloughed Workers Told to Blame Democrats
“After the government shutdown began Wednesday morning, furloughed employees at an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services were told to set an out-of-office message in their email…
White House Targets Democratic States for Cuts
“The White House is targeting Democratic states with its first wave of cuts to federal projects following the government shutdown, impacting billions of dollars in funding for energy and infrastructure…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“This was a difficult vote. The paradox is, by shutting the government, we’re actually giving Donald Trump more power. And that was why I voted yes.” — Sen. Angus King…
Social Security Payments Will Stay on Schedule
Social Security payments to more than 74 million Americans will stay on schedule during the government shutdown, ABC News reports. Save to Favorites
U.N. Ambassador No Longer Part of Trump’s Cabinet
“The post of United Nations ambassador isn’t a Cabinet position, as President Trump signals the decreased importance of the U.N. to his administration,” CBS News reports. “When former Rep. Mike…
Lutnick Calls Epstein the ‘Greatest Blackmailer Ever’
“Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in a notable break with the Department of Justice, claimed late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was ‘the greatest blackmailer ever’ — and may have traded the feds…
Budget Chief Says Mass Firings Are Coming Shortly
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought told House Republicans on Wednesday, the first day of the government shutdown, that the Trump administration will start firing federal employees in…
Some Senators Are Talking to End Impasse
Punchbowl News: “We’re told that the Democrats in the group proposed a short-term CR — 10 days or two weeks — that would serve as a forcing mechanism to get…
Josh Shapiro’s Approval Rate Soars
A new Quinnipiac poll in Pennsylvania finds Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) with a 60% to 28% approval rating. A hypothetical re-election matchup shows Shapiro ahead crushing Stacy Garrity (R), 55%…
A Shutdown Trap
From the Washington Post editorial board: “The Democratic Party shut off any potential escape valve to avoid a shutdown, which began at midnight on Tuesday. In doing so, progressives embraced…
Upset Brewing in Tennessee Special Election?
Inside Elections: “Throughout 2017 and into early 2018, election watchers kept seeing the same movie over and over: Special elections in heavily Republican areas were way closer than they had…
GOP Candidate Denies Ownership of Nazi Blog
“A pornographic blog linked to Virginia lieutenant governor candidate John Reid (R) shared content from accounts that fetishized Nazism and sexual violence,” the American Journal News reports. “Reid has denied…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Unfortunately, we are here this morning in a government shutdown that Democrats wanted. Chuck Schumer, at the behest of a bunch of liberal, far-left activist groups, has walked his Democrat…
