Evening Edition: Moderates race to strike deal and end shutdown before workweek
Shutdown could hurt Democrats seeking reelection in Trump states 'Chain migration' vs. 'family reunification': Tensions flare over immigration language
President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan are pressuring the Senate to break the logjam on the spending deal. GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said an emerging agreement from a bipartisan group would fund the government through Feb. 8 "with an understanding that we're going to work on all of the outstanding issues, including immigration." Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed to take up a new spending plan by 1 a.m. Monday and urged Democrats to allow a vote earlier.
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Some Democrats concede that the stalemate — if it is seen as a fight over immigration — holds risks for vulnerable senators, even if they voted to keep the government open. Sen. Robert Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania faces a likely GOP opponent who claimed that the Democrat "put illegal immigrants over health insurance for our kids."
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Starkly different terms used by conservatives and liberals show why it's so hard for Washington to agree on major policy changes for an issue that was key in the impasse that led to the shutdown.
The deadlock is happening as — and because — the two parties are in the process of reorienting themselves in ways their top strategists once warned against.
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Key personnel for the TV and radio broadcasts were to be furloughed, but the Defense Department said AFN is an "operational necessity." And football is just part of the programming.
The five-month gap ended the same day Robert Mueller III was appointed special counsel over the Russia investigation, according to a letter sent from Sen. Ron Johnson — chairman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee — to FBI Director Christopher Wray.
The vice president's tour of the region is partly aimed at smoothing over relations with U.S. allies after the controversial White House decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Taylor Weyeneth, who is deputy chief of staff at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, submitted a résumé with errors, including how long he worked at a New York firm, a partner there said.
"It's crazy how one moment can overshadow 15 years of work," said the adult-film actress, who claimed to have slept with Donald Trump not long after he married Melania.
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