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Washington Post:
‘Negotiating with Jell-O’: How Trump's shifting positions fueled the rush to a shutdown … In a remarkable, televised 55-minute meeting with about two dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers earlier this month, President Trump twice proclaimed that any immigration deal would need to be …
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CNN:
Trump and Schumer came close to a deal. Then it fell apart
Trump and Schumer came close to a deal. Then it fell apart
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Congressional leaders refuse to budge on shutdown's first day, but negotiations continue
Congressional leaders refuse to budge on shutdown's first day, but negotiations continue
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
After Vowing to Fix Washington, Trump Is Mired in a Familiar Crisis
After Vowing to Fix Washington, Trump Is Mired in a Familiar Crisis
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: Negotiating with Trump ‘like negotiating with Jell-O’
Schumer: Negotiating with Trump ‘like negotiating with Jell-O’
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump gala at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday night again rents a ballroom from Trump
Trump gala at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday night again rents a ballroom from Trump
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New York Times:
Patrick Meehan, Congressman Combating Harassment, Settled His Own Misconduct Case — WASHINGTON — Representative Patrick Meehan, a Pennsylvania Republican who has taken a leading role in fighting sexual harassment in Congress, used thousands of dollars in taxpayer money to settle …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
GOP rep loses spot on Ethics Committee over sexual harassment settlement
GOP rep loses spot on Ethics Committee over sexual harassment settlement
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Welcome to Trump's whatever shutdown — Trump has spent a year upending the rules of being president, and so far he's approaching the congressional spending crisis as another episode that will work itself out. — Little of the congressional drama that precipitated the weekend's government shutdown …
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Oliver Willis / Shareblue Media:
Watch Mitch McConnell kill effort to protect military pay as GOP pushed for shutdown — Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) would not allow military pay to be left unmolested by the Republican Party's decision to shut down the federal government. Once again, Donald Trump …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump lashes out as #TrumpShutdown trends worldwide on inauguration anniversary — As Republicans readied to shut down the government Friday night, Donald Trump and his allies were busy trying to pin the blame on Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer — despite the fact that Republicans hold the majority in the Senate.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Gutiérrez ready to give in on wall — Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) said Saturday that he's ready to give President Trump — his signature border wall if the Republicans will agree to new legal protections for “Dreamers.” — Furthermore, he said he'd help with the construction.
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Iraq War vet Tammy Duckworth nails Trump: I will not be lectured by a draft dodger — “I have a message for Cadet Bone Spurs: If you cared about our military, you'd stop baiting Kim Jong Un into a war that could put 85,000 American troops ... in danger.” — Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) …
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New York Times:
Women's March 2018: Thousands of Protesters Take to the Streets — A year after millions of people turned out for the Women's March and took to the streets en masse to protest President Trump's inauguration, demonstrators gathered on Saturday in cities across the United States …
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Amanda Maile / ABC News:
Women's March brings out thousands across US as Trump tweets in response
Women's March brings out thousands across US as Trump tweets in response
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Diane Pathieu / abc7chicago.com:
About 300K attend 2nd Women's March Chicago, exceeding last year, organizers say
About 300K attend 2nd Women's March Chicago, exceeding last year, organizers say
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CNN:
You'll get your mail, but not your passports. Here's what's affected by the shutdown — (CNN)In the final moments leading up to Friday's midnight deadline, Senate Republicans and Democrats were unable to agree on a stopgap funding measure to continue government services.
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Washington Post:
Amid Trump's inaugural festivities, members of Russia's elite anticipated a thaw between Moscow and Washington … In the days before Donald Trump's inauguration, a wealthy Russian pharmaceutical executive named Alexey Repik arrived in Washington, expressing excitement about the new administration.
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Alexis Simendinger / The Hill:
Meadows: House majority loss wouldn't ‘change a whole lot’ — (R-N.C.) Thursday in the midst of the GOP's hunt for a spending deal that could attract enough votes in the House to shift the risk of a shutdown to Democrats in the Senate. — The president didn't realize he reached Meadows …
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Minnesota woman strikes St. Kate's — St. Catherine University (a/k/a St. Kate's, formerly St. Catherine College) sits on a leafy 110-acre campus in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul. It is located a few blocks down the street from my high school alma mater and within shouting distance …
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Jennifer Svan / Stars & Stripes:
Overseas military families lose AFN; access to other services remains unclear — KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Defense Department personnel and their families overseas woke up Saturday to much confusion, uncertainty and some anger about how their lives would be affected by the U.S. government shutdown.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
WH releases photos of Trump working through shutdown — The White House on Saturday released photos of President Trump — working on the first day of the government shutdown and the one-year anniversary of his inauguration. — One photo shows the president walking through a hallway wearing a white …
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