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Trump and Pelosi take aim at each other during shutdown The squabbling is the latest sign that both sides remain far apart as the longest government shutdown in history drags on and as states scramble to mitigate the impact. By Felicia Sonmez · Read more Monkey Cage · Analysis Of course Trump has something on Lindsey Graham: His voters This one graph explains. By Michael Tesler · Read more   Senate Republicans all but surrender to Trump on wall despite shutdown's toll The Washington Post interviewed more than 40 GOP senators and aides and found them firmly standing with Trump even as the GOP bears the brunt of the blame for the impasse. By Seung Min Kim and Sean Sullivan · Read more   Analysis President Trump made 8,158 false or misleading claims in his first two years Midway through his term, the president has accumulated many, many Pinocchios. By Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Trump two years in: The dealmaker who can't seem to make a deal The president is trying to bend Congress to his will in the shutdown fight, but his negotiating skills appear to be falling short. "It's like McDonald's not being able to make a hamburger," one critic said. By Philip Rucker and Josh Dawsey · Read more   Analysis The Trailer: What we learned about Gillibrand 2020 this weekend In this special, shorter Martin Luther King Jr. Day edition: Gillibrand on the trail, the Democrats' secular holiday and the Larry Hogan fan club. By David Weigel · Read more   Stacey Abrams looks at her options after the narrow loss in a Georgia election marred by disputes over voting irregularities The 2018 Democratic nominee for Georgia governor embarks Monday on a "thank you" tour of the state as she nears a decision on what to seek next. By Vanessa Williams · Read more   Pence links Trump's push for a border wall to Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy The vice president quoted from King's "I Have a Dream" speech as he defended the president's latest pitch to secure funding for a barrier along the United States' southern border. By Kristine Phillips · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Tulsi Gabbard says she has no regrets about meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "The only alternative to having these kinds of conversations is more war," the Hawaii Democrat, who is running for president in 2020, said Sunday. By Felicia Sonmez and Paige Winfield Cunningham · Read more   'I will stand up for what I believe in' Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says — but what she believes quickly changed as she moved from House to Senate Once a moderate Democrat, the New York senator and presidential candidate has adopted liberal positions along with and sometimes ahead of her party's voters. By Elise Viebeck · Read more   Analysis Most young white men are much more open to diversity than older generations Seemingly contrary to the scene shown in that viral video from Friday. By Philip Bump · Read more   Recommended for you Get the Technology 202 newsletter Your daily guide to the intersection of technology and politics. Sign Up

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