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Brief government shutdown ends as Trump signs spending billThe shutdown, the second in three weeks, will be brief with minimal disruptions to federal workers.By Mike DeBonis  •  Read more »


Breaking with tradition, Trump skips president’s written intelligence report and relies on oral briefings
National security experts warn that the president could hamper his ability to respond to crises.
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The Daily 202: Rand Paul’s short-lived shutdown is ending, but his warning about GOP deficit hypocrisy reverberates
After House passes budget deal to end six-hour shutdown, Paul’s Republican colleagues remain angry at him. That was the point.
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The Rob Porter debacle becomes the Rob Porter scandal
The White House knew of damaging allegations against Porter. It didn't do anything — except try to promote him and try to defend him.
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Devin Nunes is investigating me. Here’s the truth.
This is the story of my role in the Trump dossier Christopher Steele gave to the FBI.
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Omarosa says she wouldn’t vote for Trump again ‘in a million years’
The former White House staffer is competing on "Celebrity Big Brother."
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Female California lawmaker behind #MeToo push is accused of groping male staffer
Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia says she does not recall engaging in inappropriate behavior.
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Did Hillary Clinton collude with the Russians to get ‘dirt’ on Trump to feed it to the FBI?
Rep. Devln Nunes (R-Calif.) makes a startling claim about the Russian investigation. But there's no evidence to back it up.
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A white man said two black males were suspects in a violent robbery. Then police watched the video.
The two men wonder why it took so long for the other man to be arrested when video evidence was readily available to investigators in St. Louis.
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Wonkblog • Analysis
12 of the most important things in Congress’s massive spending deal
The U.S. government would spend about $500 billion more over the next two years, the largest increase in federal spending since the stimulus during the Great Recession.
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Hope Hicks has an impossible job
She works for a president who is his own spokesman, who seldom admits mistakes, and whose aides dish dirt to the media.
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The core mission of the GOP is now to defend abusers
It can't be trusted with power.
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Thirty-two frightening snapshots of a hanging. And no one knew who the victims were – until now.
The 32 black-and-white snapshots were like frames from a disturbing home movie —  four men marched to the gallows and hanged one by one. There’s a large crowd of onlookers present. Many are in military uniforms. Two priests accompany the condemned and raise crucifixes for them to kiss moments before execution. The scene is the stone courtyard […]
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The Cavaliers won the trade deadline, and have emerged as a legit NBA finals contender again
At the NBA trade deadline, the Cavaliers got younger, more athletic — and more likely to return to the NBA Finals.
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Five major psychiatric diseases have overlapping patterns of genetic activity, new study shows
Autism, schizophrenia, bipolar, depression and alcoholism have similar molecular signatures in the brain.
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