WTF Just Happened Today

Friday, January 19, 2018

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1/ The Senate is heading toward a showdown vote on spending legislation to keep the government open past midnight.

2/ Trump invited Chuck Schumer to the White House to discuss a deal.

3/ Trump canceled his trip to Mar-a-Lago in hopes that lawmakers will avoid a shutdown.

4/ House Republicans are threatening to head home for the weekend.

5/ The Supreme Court will decide the legality of Trump's latest travel ban.

poll/ 57% of Americans disapprove of Trump's job performance.

poll/ 56% of Americans say approving a budget in order to avoid a shutdown is more important than continuing DACA.

poll/ 48% of Americans blame Trump and congressional Republicans for the potential government shutdown.

NOTABLES.

• The chief of external affairs for the federal government's volunteer service organization resigned, after racist, sexist, anti-Muslim, and anti-LGBT comments he made on the radio in 2013 surfaced.

• A year into Trump's presidency, five of his top staffers still have not certified their financial disclosures.

• Omarosa Manigault-Newman may have taped confidential West Wing conversations.

• Hannity declared that Robert Mueller's "witch hunt is now over."

• Chris Christie was blocked from the VIP entrance at Newark Liberty International Airport.

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