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  1. Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal: "The President has been, again, a moving target. Negotiating with him is like trying to talk to jello, as Senator Schumer said. ... The common ground here is border security."

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  2. "This Trump shutdown is wholly on Donald Trump, who wants this vanity project that he promised the Mexicans would pay for," says Sen. Blumenthal. "He has failed to spend the money that's already been appropriated, that $1.3 [billion], only 6% of it spent on border security."

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  3. When asked if he said he would keep the government closed for a "very long period of time, months or even years," as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer claimed, President Trump said "absolutely"

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  4. The Trump administration is scouting locations for a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, despite the fact that talks between North Korea and the United States appear to be at a stalemate, according to sources

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  5. A federal court extended Robert Mueller's federal grand jury so it can continue to investigate past an 18-month term that was about to expire

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  6. Sen. Ben Cardin tells CNN's that it's "not legal" for President Trump to use emergency powers to build a border wall. "The President cannot abolish the judiciary and legislative branches of government. We have our responsibility. We appropriate the funds."

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  7. "It's really the President of the United States that's causing this shutdown. But we could end it if we could get the House bills on the Senate floor." - Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin on the meetings between Democrats and President Trump over the partial government shutdown

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  8. "Right now, the two sides, are so far apart that, Wolf, I can't underscore this enough. They can't even seem to agree on whether a working group exists to have more discussions this weekend." - CNN's has the latest on the partial government shutdown

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  9. President Trump said he is considering using emergency powers that would allow him to use military funding to build a wall on the US-Mexico border, saying "I can do it if I want."

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  10. Jan 3

    The national debt has increased by $2 trillion since Donald Trump took office, bringing the total national debt to almost $22 trillion. “That number is astonishing to look at, but I think it also speaks to how far the Republican Party has moved,” CNN’s says.

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  11. Jan 3

    Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer on tomorrow’s meeting at the White House on the government shutdown: "We’ll go down there. We’ll talk … And we’ll try to come to an agreement on which we can all agree.”

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  12. Jan 3

    Democrat Rep. on the shutdown: “The President is using a tool that no government official should use — that is saying if I don’t get my way, I’m shutting down the government and I’m taking my ball and going home — to promote a policy which is just a stupid policy.”

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  13. Jan 3

    Democratic Rep. says now that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named Rep. Adam Schiff chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, the committee’s priority needs to be "to get back into the business of providing oversight to the intelligence community."

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  14. Jan 3

    “In my opinion, it’s a little early for us to be talking about that meaningfully. We've work to do in terms of re-establishing a House of Representatives with integrity, with due process … And we’ve got to reopen the government,” Democratic Rep. says about impeachment.

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  15. Jan 3

    CNN’s : "The President’s senior aides are certainly not counseling him to take any of these Democratic proposals to reopen the government and even his allies on Capitol Hill including Sen. Lindsey Graham are encouraging him to hold firm until he gets a better deal”

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  16. Jan 3

    North Korea's top diplomat in Italy has been missing for weeks, a South Korean lawmaker said, raising suspicions that he may have defected. has the story.

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  17. Jan 3

    “One person who has absolutely no say over whether a president can or should be indicted is Nancy Pelosi. This is completely outside her jurisdiction but I think it’s a way of stirring the pot and needling the President but to no real effect,” says.

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  18. Jan 3

    Dem Rep. : “Democrats will never cave to Donald Trump’s demands in a government shutdown because if we do, it's just going to incentivize him to do this again anytime he doesn’t get his way. So we cannot talk about wall funding in the context of the government shutdown.”

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  19. Jan 3

    “My view of impeachment is that, like the power to declare war, it is one of the gravest responsibilities of Congress. It should never be our first option. We should wait until special counsel Mueller completes his investigation,” Democratic Rep. says.

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  20. Jan 3

    CNN’s breaks down the changes in the makeup of the House. Among Democrats: -28 more women -8 more African-Americans -6 more latinos -2 more LGBTQ members Among Republicans: -10 less women -1 less African-American -2 less latinos -0 LGBTQ members

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