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9:50 PM ET, January 20, 2018

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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 …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Press
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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.
Discussion: The Hill, ABC News and The Guardian
CNN:
Trump and Schumer came close to a deal.  Then it fell apart  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)After his morning television shows had ended and as the deadline to fund the government loomed, President Donald Trump placed a call to the man in Washington he believed held all the cards: Sen. Chuck Schumer.
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 …
Discussion: Washington Press and Bloomberg
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Congressional leaders refuse to budge on shutdown's first day, but negotiations continue
Associated Press:
The Latest: Shutdown on Trump anniversary frustrates him
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Welcome to Trump's whatever shutdown
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Schumer: Negotiating with Trump ‘like negotiating with Jell-O’
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump gala at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday night again rents a ballroom from Trump
Discussion: CNN, thecut, Balloon Juice, Mediaite and Politico
New York Times:
How Trump and Schumer Came Close to a Deal Over Cheeseburgers
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
Discussion: Washington Press
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.
Discussion: RedState and Washington Press
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
New Trump Ad Calls Dems ‘Complicit’ In Murders By Undocumented Immigrants
Discussion: Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:   Charles Is in Charge  —  Schumer previews life for Trump if Democrats retake Congress.
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.
Discussion: WNEP-TV, NBC News, KTLA and WREG-TV
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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Trump wants a kinder, gentler, shutdown  —  Trump administration officials are determined to keep large segments of the government open even after Congress failed to approve a funding bill late Friday night, saying they don't want to “weaponIze” the government shutdown to score political points.
Discussion: AOL, NBC News, Raw Story, Forbes and The Guardian
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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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.
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
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) …
Discussion: Mediaite
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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Associated Press:
Shutdown forces closure of Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island
Los Angeles Times:
Tens of thousands turn out for Women's March in downtown Los Angeles
ABC News:
Sunday on ‘This Week’: White House Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short, Sen. Dick Durbin …
Discussion: Politico
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Associated Press:
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