Welcome back, Short Listers! Ashley Shaffer here. It’s only Monday, but we have a lot to…
Welcome back, Short Listers! Ashley Shaffer here. It’s only Monday, but we have a lot to catch up on.
But first, breaking: Special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is “close to being completed.” So said Acting Attorney General Mathew Whitaker Monday, suggesting the inquiry that’s roiled Washington for nearly two years may be wrapping up. This should be interesting.
Ice, ice baby: A snowstorm lashing the Midwest will give way this week to record-smashing cold as a giant polar vortex drives a deep freeze across the nation, forecasters say. The National Weather Service in Des Moines, Iowa, warned “this is the coldest air many of us will have ever experienced” and, if outside, to “avoid taking deep breaths, and minimize talking.”
A record 35-day government shutdown ended Friday with a temporary deal giving Republicans and Democrats three more weeks to hash out an agreement. Despite the temporary deal, President Donald Trump still wants $5.7 billion for a wall on the southern border, and he’s still threatening to use emergency powers to get it.
