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The Internal Revenue Service Building in Washington (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Jeff Stein January 15 at 5:28 PM The Trump administration on Tuesday said it is calling back tens of thousands of federal workers to fulfill key government tasks, including disbursing tax refunds, overseeing flight safety and inspecting the nation’s food and drug supply, as it seeks to blunt the impact of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The nearly…

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The first major winter storm of the season is expected to arrive this weekend in Northeast Ohio, with forecasters predicting heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures in the region. Cleveland has been largely spared from snow so far this season, but that’s expected to change on Saturday and Sunday. The National Weather Service has not yet provided estimated totals for the area, but the agency is predicting the…

Shutdown writing is tedious because it tends to follow a pattern: Nothing has happened for weeks and nothing is likely to happen for the next couple weeks. Updates to follow. The wall isn’t even really the point anymore, as if $5 billion could ever do more than pay for a few hundred steel slats along the southern border anyway. Aside from the overflowing toilets at national parks and the army…

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Shutdown writing is tedious because it tends to follow a pattern: Nothing has happened for weeks and nothing is likely to happen for the next couple weeks. Updates to follow. The wall isn’t even really the point anymore, as if $5 billion could ever do more than pay for a few hundred steel slats along the southern border anyway. Aside from the overflowing toilets at national parks and the army…

Shutdown writing is tedious because it tends to follow a pattern: Nothing has happened for weeks and nothing is likely to happen for the next couple weeks. Updates to follow. The wall isn’t even really the point anymore, as if $5 billion could ever do more than pay for a few hundred steel slats along the southern border anyway. Aside from the overflowing toilets at national parks and the army…

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Video Controversy surrounds citizenship question for 2020 census Some predict approximately 24 million people may skip the census altogether. A federal judge in New York on Tuesday barred the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman ruled that while a question on citizenship would be constitutional, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had added it arbitrarily and did not follow proper…

Two of the four amendments, introduced by opposition leaders, are similar: They would scuttle Mrs. May’s deal while also rejecting a “no-deal” exit and committing to a pursuit of other options. The other two, also similar to each other, would allow Britain to exit the Irish backstop unilaterally, which would effectively kill the deal, because Brussels considers that condition unacceptable. Amendments that the government supported were rejected by Mr. Bercow,…

In August 2018, law enforcement officials set up a perimeter around the platform that “Silent Sam,” a statue erected to honor confederate dead, was toppled from. Logan Cyrus/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Logan Cyrus/AFP/Getty Images In August 2018, law enforcement officials set up a perimeter around the platform that “Silent Sam,” a statue erected to honor confederate dead, was toppled from. Logan Cyrus/AFP/Getty Images North Carolina’s flagship public university…

William Barr, President TrumpDonald John TrumpHouse Freedom Caucus calls for Congress to work on shutdown through break Democrat previews Mueller questions for Trump’s AG nominee Trump inaugural committee spent ,000 on makeup for aides: report MORE’s pick to be the next attorney general, takes the hot seat Tuesday for two consecutive days of grilling by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It will be somewhat familiar territory for Barr, a…

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For businesses, a chance to gain clarity The vote will provide little of the detail that businesses need to plan their operations, but it could at least narrow the options. “The longer this Brexit political drama continues, the less and less attractive the U.K. is going to be” to investors, Iain Anderson, the executive chairman of the consulting firm Cicero Group, said last week. Although many businesses are already preparing…

More than 30,000 L.A. Unified School District teachers went on strike Monday, but schools remained open and class was in session. Substitute teachers and volunteers were in campus buildings conducting lessons and showing movies.

The Trump administration argued that the states had not identified anyone who had lost coverage under the rules. Judge Beetlestone replied: “There is no need to wait for the ax to fall before an injunction is appropriate, particularly where defendants have estimated that it is about to fall on thousands of women — and, as a corollary, on the states.” Judge Beetlestone said the final rules were likely to have…

Robert Costa Sean Sullivan Erica Werner January 14 at 9:33 PM President Trump’s dismissals of his own party’s calls for compromise and his seeming indifference to shuttered federal agencies left the snowbound capital paralyzed Monday, with lawmakers in both parties scrambling to jump-start talks but increasingly uncertain about Trump’s interest in ending the longest government shutdown in history. “I did reject it,” Trump told reporters, when asked about a suggestion…

“The N.R.C.C. does not get involved in primaries and isn’t going to comment on a hypothetical general election two years away,” said Chris Pack, a spokesman for the House campaign arm. Democrats are moving to censure or reprimand the Iowa congressman, a stinging penalty. Among them were Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina, the highest ranking African-American in Congress, who introduced a measure Monday night in the form of a…