Shutdown Will Drag Into Third Week

Punchbowl News: “For a moment on Thursday, there was a glimmer of hope that the Senate could find a path out of the shutdown. But by the end of the night, senators were heading home for a four-day weekend more entrenched than at any point since the impasse began.”

“The possibility of a lengthy shutdown is growing more realistic by the day barring some dramatic shift. President Donald Trump may have to be the one to initiate that about face, although he’s been preoccupied with the Israel-Hamas peace deal, immigration and tariff fights, and sending National Guard troops into Democratic-run cities, among other things.”