Tuesday's Headlines: Shutdown ends, shifting focus to next spending bill, ‘dreamers’
Why the Democrats lost their nerve in the shutdown battle; Senate will take up immigration, but will the House — and Trump — follow?; White House shutdown strategy: Keep Trump...
Democracy Dies in Darkness
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President Trump signed a short-term spending bill to fund the government through Feb. 8 after it passed the Senate and House on the strength of a statement from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he would address the status of young immigrants called "dreamers" who were brought to this country illegally as children. Thirty-three Senate Democrats joined 48 Republicans to break the impasse over the issue and clear a path for federal agencies to reopen.
By Sean Sullivan, Ed O'Keefe and Elise Viebeck • Read more »
The shutdown exposed the challenges facing congressional Democrats daily: how to wrangle victories while in the minority and keep the party's base energized ahead of the November elections.
By Robert Costa, Erica Werner and Karen Tumulty • Read more »
Democratic senators believe that a Senate immigration bill passing with a significant bipartisan majority would ultimately force House Republicans to capitulate on the issue. But House conservatives won't be easy to sway, and the president remains a true wild card.
It was an out-of-character role for a president used to commanding and demanding center stage: seen but not publicly heard outside the confines of his team's highly-controlled communications operation.
Hardly three hours had passed in the workweek when the shutdown drama ended in the Senate and a strange scene of short-term bipartisan bonhomie unfolded on Capitol Hill.
Workers throughout the nation's capital were packing up desks, collecting furlough letters and leaving their offices when word came there might be a deal to reopen — until Feb. 8.
By Arelis R. Hernández, Steve Hendrix and John Woodrow Cox • Read more »
As the attorney general tried to push Christopher Wray to make personnel changes, Wray became increasingly frustrated and conveyed that frustration to Sessions, according to people familiar with the matter.
The company is confronting criticisms about the spread of disinformation and violent imagery. But the process of coming to grips with its dark side has been long and difficult for the social media network, current and former executives say.
The annual gathering of global elites was hit by an epic storm that dropped nearly 6 feet of snow in some areas — and there are metaphoric storm clouds on the horizon, too.
After Louise and David Turpin were charged with torture, child abuse and false imprisonment, those who knew them started to wonder: Were the signs there all along?
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