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I cover the U.S. Senate and politics for Bloomberg News in Washington. RTs = 👀 not 👍. E-mail: llitvan@bloomberg.net

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Joined June 2011

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  1. Nielsen joins Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross as one of the initial targets of House Dems’ new oversight capabilities. Democrats leading House Cmte on Oversight allege Ross gave misleading testimony to Congress about a decision to add a question about citizenship to 2020 Census

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  2. Thompson says info Nielsen submitted to Congress today reflects ‘misinformation and outright lies’ used to justify the ‘boondoggle border wall, defend the govt shutdown, and distract the American people from a border policy so flawed that children have died’ in DHS’s custody

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  3. NEW: DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is about to go under the microscope. House Homeland Security Chair Bennie Thompson tells her in a letter this evening she is “long overdue” for an oversight hearing, having appeared just once when the panel was under GOP control.

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  4. Unpaid 'essential' federal workers strike back with sick outs. But it's potentially affecting security at some of the nation's busiest airports, per CNN

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  5. We're learning that if you put the words "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" in a headline, you get an awful lot of story clicks.

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    16 hours ago

    NEW: The grand jury being used by Robert Mueller has been extended an additional six months, signaling the special counsel's investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia may not be wrapping up anytime soon.

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  7. *TRUMP SAYS HE IS CONSIDERING USING EMERGENCY POWERS FOR WALL

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  8. Trump says federal workers who aren't getting paid through the shutdown agree with his decision to hold off to improve security at the border.

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  9. Trump says Nancy Pelosi told him today she's not looking to impeach him. `You don't impeach someone when they're doing a good job,'' Trump tells repporters

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  10. Trump says was part of today's shutdown discussion w/ congressional leaders, but said the deportation protections aren't on the table for the time being.

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  11. Mitch McConnell says after WH meeting that Trump will be appointing WH aides to meet with leadership aides to try to recommend a compromise ending the shutdown. He declined to say whether party leaders and Trump could agree on anything to get those aides started.

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  13. As the shutdown drags on, top Trump political appointees are about to score big raises

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  14. *TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WINS RULING IN TRANSGENDER BAN LAWSUIT, DC APPEALS COURT LIFTS ORDER BLOCKING THE BAN

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  15. Nancy Pelosi tells MSNBC the Democrat-led House will consider climate-change legislation. `When I was speaker the first time, by flagship issue was climate and reducing reliance on foreign oil'

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    Jan 3

    The Trump admin is scouting locations for a second summit between 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. New from me, & :

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  17. Jan 3
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  18. Jan 3

    WH just issued a veto threat on measure House Dems will push thru tonight to reopen most of the govt affected by the shutdown. Says admin `cannot accept legislation that provides unnecessary funding for wasteful programs while ignoring the nation’s urgent border security needs'

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  19. Jan 3

    NEW: Nancy Pelosi elected House Speaker with 220 votes

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  20. Jan 3

    *NANCY PELOSI HAS VOTES TO BECOME HOUSE SPEAKER, VOTE ONGOING

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