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Trump expected to make a case for border wall in address Rather than declaring a national emergency, President Trump is expected to make a public case for funding a border wall in an eight-minute speech to a national television audience tonight. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer will follow with a Democratic rebuttal. By John Wagner, Josh Dawsey and Mike DeBonis · Read more Fact Checker | Analysis Your fact-checking cheat sheet for Trump's speech Here's a guide to 20 suspect claims that President Trump has made before and could say tonight. By Salvador Rizzo, Glenn Kessler and Meg Kelly · Read more   Post Reports | Listen Now No exit: Trump's shutdown strategy Reporter Robert Costa on what is happening the behind the scenes as the budget stalemate shows no sign of abating. Plus, Christopher Mooney on how a spike in carbon emissions couldn't have come at a worse time. By Washington Post Staff · Read more   Federal workers in Washington aren't the only ones going without pay As a percentage of all workers, federal employees affected by the shutdown are as common in Montana and Alaska as they are in Maryland. By Ted Mellnik, Laris Karklis and Kevin Schaul · Read more   'Salt in a really big wound': Trump's government was a bleak workplace for many. Then it shut down. Stay home. Do not pass "Go." Do not collect any dollars. This shutdown feels like the ultimate indignity for workers who endured two years of hiring freezes, budget cuts and bosses they describe as inept and sometimes openly hostile to their missions. By Avi Selk and Ellen McCarthy · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   'Wow, this is really happening': Federal workers brace for payday without pay This week, hundreds of thousands of federal workers will miss their first paycheck. For Donna Kelly, a Smithsonian security guard, that means running out of money before the end of the month. By DeNeen L. Brown · Read more   Manafort shared 2016 polling data with Russian employee, court filing says The apparently inadvertent revelation indicates a pathway by which the Russians could have had access to Trump campaign data. By Rachel Weiner, Spencer Hsu and Rosalind Helderman · Read more   Supreme Court rules against mystery corporation from 'Country A' fighting subpoena in Mueller investigation It is thought to be the first time that an aspect of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign has reached the high court. By Robert Barnes, Devlin Barrett and Carol Leonnig · Read more   Russian lawyer at 2016 Trump Tower meeting charged in separate case Federal prosecutors in Manhattan say Natalia Veselnitskaya obstructed justice by misleading the court in civil proceedings surrounding a tax fraud scheme. By Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky · Read more   Democrats launch fresh push for background checks for all gun sales The House measure is among the first actions taken by the newly elected Democratic majority that pledged to make gun control a top priority.  By Katie Zezima · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Did Iran plot four attacks in Europe? The Dutch government thinks so. As the E.U. imposed sanctions on Iran, the Dutch government outlined four plots in which Iranians are suspected of involvement. By Adam Taylor · Read more   7 key questions about the state — and the troubles — of Trump's business The Trump Organization, the president's company, is already dealing with a retrenchment of the Trump brand and a slew of investigations from state and federal authorities. By David Fahrenthold and Jonathan O'Connell · Read more   'Very serious mistake': Erdogan scolds Bolton over demand for Kurdish fighters in Syria Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also reportedly refused to meet with White House national security adviser John Bolton during his visit, but a presidential spokesman said the meeting was "never confirmed." By Kareem Fahim · Read more   The Fix | Analysis Ocasio-Cortez called Trump a racist. The White House response may have proved her point. The fact that the Trump White House accused a young Latina woman of "ignorance" on the matter of racism didn't go unnoticed. By Eugene Scott · Read more   Perspective NHL star P.K. Subban reaches out to teens facing racist taunts on ice Subban's family was horrified after reading a column about Divyne Apollon II, who faced monkey sounds and the n-word from an opposing team during a tournament last month in Maryland. By Petula Dvorak · Read more

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