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Trump announces deal to temporarily reopen government The House and Senate will vote on legislation to reopen the government until Feb. 15. During that period, lawmakers will discuss funds for border security and Trump's demand for $5.7 billion for the U.S.-Mexico border wall. By Erica Werner, Mike DeBonis and John Wagner · Read more Public disapproval of Trump swelled over shutdown The findings in a new Washington Post-ABC News survey illustrate the political damage the president and his party have suffered. By Scott Clement and David Nakamura · Read more   Post Reports | Listen Now The shutdown is ending — for now. What happens next? As a 35-day partial government shutdown comes to a close, Paul Kane explains why President Trump finally gave in to pressure. And Rosalind S. Helderman spells out the significance of the latest indictment in the Russia probe. By Washington Post Staff · Read more   Here's why a historic site remained open at a Trump hotel during the shutdown The General Services Administration, which owns the building, said it is authorized to pay the National Park Service to keep an observation tower open at the Trump International Hotel in Washington. By Hamza Shaban · Read more   Stone indicted, says he won't testify against Trump Roger Stone, a longtime Trump adviser, said he has been falsely accused by the special counsel. Stone faces charges that he lied and tried to tamper with a witness to hide his efforts to learn about releases of Democrats' hacked emails. By Devlin Barrett, Rosalind Helderman, John Wagner and Manuel Roig-Franzia · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   'FBI! Open the door!': The tactics behind the armed agents at Stone's Fla. home Here is how Roger Stone described the early morning raid, and why the arrest tactics were confounding to former special agents and prosecutors. By Deanna Paul · Read more   'Better to be infamous': Even under indictment, Stone relishes his time in the spotlight Stone's arrest made the self-styled campaign trickster a bridge between two of modern U.S. history's biggest political scandals: Watergate and the Russia probe. By Manuel Roig-Franzia and Robert Costa · Read more   Manafort faces sealed hearing on allegations he lied to Mueller team If a judge were to decide that the former Trump campaign chairman broke his plea agreement, Manafort could see as much as 10 years more in prison. By Spencer Hsu and Rachel Weiner · Read more   U.S. diplomats hunker down in Venezuela Embassy amid standoff with Maduro President Nicolás Maduro had ordered U.S. officials out of the country, but their act of defiance could lead to electricity and gas cuts at the American compound. By Mariana Zuñiga, Anthony Faiola and John Hudson · Read more   For now, Pentagon on margins of American response to Venezuela crisis Military officials say the Trump administration has not sent any ships, troops or planes to evacuate departing Americans or protect those who remain. By Missy Ryan and Dan Lamothe · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   FDA identifies contamination source in blood pressure medicines used by millions The cancer-causing contaminant went undetected for four years, and companies continue to recall bottles of the medicines. By Carolyn Y. Johnson · Read more   Bill Gates comes to Washington to make his pitch for nuclear energy With climate politics a popular topic these days, the Microsoft co-founder wants to secure billions of dollars in funding for pilot projects. But nuclear experts see flaws in the "traveling wave reactor" that he touts. By Steven Mufson · Read more   The 'polar vortex' is in the forecast. Again. Here's what it means. Think of the tropospheric polar vortex as a backyard full of dogs, and the jet stream as a fence. Once in a while, the entire fence collapses and most of the dogs run wild. That's when the big cold-air outbreaks happen. By Matthew Cappucci · Read more   These 'frozen' gators aren't dead, but they're still creeping people out The 18 alligators at the Swamp Park in Ocean Beach, N.C. have a cold-weather drill: Survive in the freezing water by sticking their snouts through the ice. By Meagan Flynn and Cleve Wootson · Read more

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