Tipsheet: Congress looks for way out of government shutdown

View in your browser     Congress looks for way out of government shutdown By Alexander Bolton   Congressional leaders are scrambling to wriggle their way out of a government shutdown that went into effect shortly after midnight when the Senate defeated a House-passed stopgap spending measure. Read the full story here     Trump: Democrats 'could have easily made a deal' to avert shutdown By Alicia Cohn On the morning after a government shutdown, President Trump cast blame on Democrats for deciding to "play shutdown politics" when they "could have easily made a deal." Read the full story here     Schumer says he offered to discuss border wall as part of Trump deal By Timothy Cama and Lydia Wheeler Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said early Saturday that he agreed to discuss the U.S.-Mexico border wall as part of negotiations with President Trump, but wasn't able to win him over. Read the full story here     Listen to The Hill's Power Politics podcast: Meadows says House majority loss wouldn't 'change a whole lot' By Alexis Simendinger   In an interview for The Hill’s Power Politics podcast, Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) seesawed between optimism about the midterm outlook, and an unblinking acceptance that Republicans might lose nearly 30 House seats in November, which would hand the majority to Democrats. Listen to The Hill's podcast here       Fierce battle erupts over releasing intelligence report By Katie Bo Williams and Jonathan Easley A battle erupted Friday over a push by Republican lawmakers to release a report they say will reveal high-level government abuse around the federal investigation into possible ties between Trump campaign officials and Russia. Read the full story here     Justice Dept intends to re-try Menendez in corruption case By Avery Anapol and Max Greenwood The Justice Department announced Friday that they intend to re-try Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on corruption charges after a deadlocked jury resulted in a mistrial in November. Read the full story here     Twitter finds over 1,000 new Russian-linked accounts By Ali Breland  Twitter said Friday that it has suspended 1,062 new accounts it has found to be linked to the Internet Research Agency, a Russian "troll farm" which disseminated content intended to interfere in the U.S. political process. Read the full story here     Supreme Court to take up Trump travel ban By Lydia Wheeler The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon agreed to review the legality of President Trump’s latest travel ban. Read the full story here     HHS extends Trump's emergency declaration for opioids By Rachel Roubein The Trump administration has extended the opioid public health emergency issued by President Trump, days before that declaration was set to expire. Read the full story here     Trump pushes Senate to vote on 20-week abortion ban By Jessie Hellman President Trump on Friday called on the Senate to pass a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks. Trump called for the measure while speaking to attendees at the annual March for Live demonstration from the White House Rose Garden via live satellite video.  Read the full story here     Historic dysfunction in American politics defines Trump presidency By Dan Mahaffee OPINION | Based on the tone of the first year of this administration, Washington will remain as partisan as ever, even as the economy continues to grow and the American people feel optimistic. What will perhaps define the second year of President Trump is whether the other institutions of the American economy and society can endure the division in our politics. Read the full story here     Pence, when you visit Cairo take a stand on human rights abuses By Joe Stork OPINION | Mr. Vice-President, when you visit Cairo on Jan. 19, there are a few people you should meet, and a few things you should discuss with President al-Sisi. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: In run-up to shutdown, an erosion of trust derailed talks By Steve Peoples, Andrew Taylor and Jonathan Lemire The president was angry. Read the full story here     Reuters:Trump's dealmaker image tarnished by U.S. government shutdown By James Oliphant For President Donald Trump, this weekend was supposed to be a celebration. Read the full story here     CNN Money: Here's what the last government shutdown looked like by Chris Isidore    About 850,000 federal employees were sent home, with a total of 6.6 million work days lost. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Shutdown? It could be forgotten in a Trumpian flash By Jonathan Martin   In the fall of 2013, Republican hard-liners engineered a 16-day shutdown of the federal government, implausibly insisting that President Barack Obama acquiesce to their demand that the Affordable Care Act be stripped of all funding. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Massive confusion spreads through federal bureaucracy ahead of shutdown deadline By Juliet Eilperin, Lisa Rein and Damian Paletta As the federal government prepared to shut down late Friday, massive confusion spread throughout the bureaucracy as senior Trump administration officials painted radically different scenarios of whether basic governmental functions would continue or halt. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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