Evening Edition: Trump goes to Texas to drum up support for border wall as shutdown talks stall

Analysis: Trump claims he never said Mexico would cut a check for the wall. Let's go to the tape.; Pence rules out deal involving protections for 'dreamers'

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Trump goes to Texas to drum up support for border wall as shutdown talks stall At a U.S. Border Patrol station in the Rio Grande Valley, Trump pressed the case for his border wall, which he maintained would be paid for by Mexico "many, many times over" through a new trade deal that has yet to be ratified by Congress. By Philip Rucker and Felicia Sonmez · Read more Analysis: Trump claims he never said Mexico would cut a check for the wall. Let's go to the tape. He put it in writing. By Philip Bump · Read more   LIVE UPDATES Pence rules out deal involving protections for 'dreamers' As Democrats sought unsuccessfully to pass bills to reopen shuttered government agencies, deal-minded Senate Republicans shuttled between meetings with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Vice President Pence. By John Wagner and Felicia Sonmez · Read more   Post Reports | Listen Now Border 101 As President Trump continues to press his case for a wall, Maria Sacchetti dispels misinformation about the U.S.-Mexico border. Plus, Nicolás Maduro begins his second term as president of Venezuela. By Washington Post Staff · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   'I want to go back to work': Federal workers rally at White House for end to shutdown Hundreds of furloughed federal workers, contractors, union representatives and supporters gathered in the brisk wind and bitter cold. By Marissa Lang · Read more   Trump's wall needs private property. But some Texans won't give up their land without a fight. President Trump has long defended the practice of eminent domain. But the government's previous attempts to seize land along the Texas border have led to more than a decade of court battles. By Katie Zezima and Mark Berman · Read more   BREAKING NEWS Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to testify publicly before Congress next month Cohen, who was sentenced last month to three years in prison for financial crimes and lying to Congress, was President Trump's "fixer" before the two had a bitter fallout. By Karoun Demirjian and Matt Zapotosky · Read more   Fed chair Powell predicts no U.S. recession in 2019, warns of economic damage from a prolonged shutdown Jerome Powell said Thursday the economy has 'good momentum' and he doesn't see a major downturn ahead. By Heather Long · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Rep. Tulsi Gabbard accuses fellow Democrats of 'religious bigotry' in questioning nominee The Hawaii congresswoman, who is considering a 2020 presidential run, did not name the Democrats she was criticizing in an op-ed in the Hill. By Felicia Sonmez · Read more   CBS says it's discussing Super Bowl pregame interview with President Trump He did not sit down with NBC before last year's broadcast. By Matt Bonesteel · Read more   Despite flaws, Air Force accepts Boeing's long-delayed and troubled tanker The KC-46A Pegasus tanker program is years behind schedule and has weighed on Boeing's bottom line. By Christian Davenport · Read more   Deepak Chopra has a prescription for what ails technology At CES, the tech world's largest convention, Chopra's solution is more technology, just used in a different way. It goes way beyond meditation apps. By Geoffrey Fowler · Read more

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