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10 things to know, Friday, Jan. 25

Published on Jan. 25, 2019 | Updated 9:52 a. m.

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National News

Talks start as Senate rejects 2 plans for ending shutdown

Published on Jan. 25, 2019 | Updated 8:25 a. m.

WASHINGTON — A splintered Senate voted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 35-day partial government shutdown, but the twin setbacks prompted a burst of bipartisan talks aimed at temporarily halting the longest-ever →

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Votes on Senate bills seen as progress even if they fail

Published on Jan. 24, 2019 | Updated 9:51 a. m.

WASHINGTON — The Senate is taking a new approach to ending the partial government shutdown by actually taking votes instead of just pointing fingers. But competing bills appear likely to fail Thursday, caught in a poisonous Washington impasse. →

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10 things to know, Wednesday, Jan. 23

Published on Jan. 23, 2019 | Updated 9:31 a. m.

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Dueling Senate bills would end shutdown in different ways

Published on Jan. 23, 2019 | Updated 6:55 a. m.

WASHINGTON — Senate leaders agreed to hold votes this week on dueling proposals to reopen shuttered federal agencies, forcing a political reckoning for senators grappling with the longest shutdown in U.S. history: Side with President Donald →

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10 things to know, Tuesday, Jan. 22

Published on Jan. 22, 2019 | Updated 8:46 a. m.

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Trump's proposal to break budget deadlock falls flat

Published on Jan. 22, 2019 | Updated 7:59 a. m.

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans have released a measure designed around President Donald Trump's proposal for breaking a budget impasse, its centerpiece his demand for $5.7 billion to build a southern border wall all but guaranteeing →

Elections

California Senator Kamala Harris jumps into presidential race

Published on Jan. 21, 2019

WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris, a first-term senator and former California attorney general known for her rigorous questioning of President Donald Trump's nominees, entered the Democratic presidential race on Monday. Vowing to "bring our voices →

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10 things to know, Wednesday, Jan. 16

Published on Jan. 16, 2019 | Updated 9:56 a. m.

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Attorney general nominee Barr seeks to assure senators he won't be a Trump loyalist

Published on Jan. 16, 2019 | Updated 8:41 a. m.

WASHINGTON — Vowing “I will not be bullied,” President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general asserted independence from the White House, saying he believed that Russia had tried to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, →

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10 things to know, Friday, Jan. 25

Talks start as Senate rejects 2 plans for ending shutdown

Votes on Senate bills seen as progress even if they fail

10 things to know, Wednesday, Jan. 23

Dueling Senate bills would end shutdown in different ways

10 things to know, Tuesday, Jan. 22

Trump's proposal to break budget deadlock falls flat

California Senator Kamala Harris jumps into presidential race

10 things to know, Wednesday, Jan. 16

Attorney general nominee Barr seeks to assure senators he won't be a Trump loyalist

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