Sunday's Headlines: ‘Pelosi does not mess around’: Speaker emerges triumphant from shutdown

'I hope we get some common sense': GOP feels political fallout from shutdown; As Trump sought a border wall, his club employed undocumented workers. Now some are getting fired.; Is...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   'Pelosi does not mess around': Speaker emerges triumphant from shutdown President Trump's capitulation on the shutdown generated rave reviews for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she kept an unruly party caucus united in the face of GOP divide-and-conquer tactics. By Mike DeBonis  •  Read more » 'I hope we get some common sense': GOP feels political fallout from shutdown With President Trump's approval numbers dropping and Republicans divided after the federal shutdown, the party is looking to repair the short-term political harm it suffered. By Seung Min Kim and Sean Sullivan  •   Read more »   As Trump sought a border wall, his club employed undocumented workers. Now some are getting fired. Some of the fired staffers had spent years at Trump National in Westchester County, N.Y., winning employee-of-the-month awards and receiving glowing letters of recommendation. By Josh Partlow and David Fahrenthold  •   Read more »   Is the Rams' $5 billion stadium the future of sports venues? The stadium and entertainment complex is as big as Disneyland — and it has zero public financing. By Liz Clarke  •   Read more »   Venezuela and U.S. agree to let diplomats remain for 30 days The standoff between the two countries was temporarily defused after they agreed to allow their diplomats to stay in each other's capitals for now while seeking a deal on migration and bilateral issues. By Mariana Zuñiga, Anthony Faiola and Rachelle Krygier  •   Read more »   The Take | Analysis Brexit debate brings out the worst of modern politics Division, paralysis, dysfunction, tribalism and weak leaders have created a mess as the clock ticks toward Britain's separation from the European Union. By Dan Balz  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   Can impeachment appear legitimate in a hyper-partisan universe? By Carlos Lozada  •   Read more »   Brazil's populist new president on women, Venezuela and his love for Trump By Lally Weymouth  •   Read more »   Local newspapers have already been gutted. There's nothing left to cut. By Steve Cavendish  •   Read more »   The State of the Union shifts power to the president. Pelosi took it back. By Kathryn Brownell  •   Read more »   My immigrant client won a judge's compassion. ICE still dumped him on the border. By Marty Rosenbluth  •   Read more »   Congress must stand up for imprisoned Saudi women By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   After white supremacy comments, Steve King is spurned in Washington. In Iowa, sentiment is mixed. For the Republican congressman's neighbors, his removal from the House Agriculture Committee was significant. But some seek to defend him from outside critics. By Chelsea Janes  •  Read more »     Perspective Why does the president keep talking about women and duct tape on the border? Experts say they haven't heard of anything like that happening. But President Trump keeps dwelling on his disturbing theme of exploited women in peril. By Monica Hesse  •   Read more »   Steve Martin takes on Roger Stone, a 'normal and straightforward guy,' in SNL cold open This week's SNL opened with an imagined version of Fox News's "Tucker Carlson Tonight." By Travis Andrews  •   Read more »   Bomb blasts at cathedral in southern Philippines kill at least 20 The explosions in Jolo in the Mindanao region comes just after a landmark vote to form a new Muslim autonomous region following decades of unrest.  By Regine Cabato and Shibani Mahtani  •   Read more »   Search on for Louisiana man suspected in 5 deaths A 21-year-old is the "prime suspect" in the deaths of his parents, police said. He is also being sought in three other shooting deaths. By Chevel Johnson and Rebecca Santana | AP  •   Read more »   She wasn't breathing. He didn't know CPR. Then he recalled an old episode of 'The Office.' In a classic scene from the TV series, Michael Scott and his employees learn CPR to the tune of the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive." The trick was seared into Cross Scott's memory when he came across an unconscious woman in a car. By Alex Horton  •   Read more »   Brianna Decker will indeed get paid after lighting up NHL's passing competition After Decker "demonstrated" the event and beat the official winner, Edmonton's Leon Draisaitlm by three seconds, CCM stepped up Saturday to pay her the same $25,000 as was awarded to him. By Jake Russell  •   Read more »   Retropod | Podcast The last person to set foot on the moon When Eugene Cernan walked on the moon, he didn't know he'd be the last astronaut to make the journey. Read more »   Magazine For this politician, leaving Congress for good means saying goodbye to old roommates Rep. Erik Paulsen lost his reelection bid. But he got a good meal out of it from Steve Scalise, Kevin Brady and John Shimkus. By Eliza Gray  •   Read more »   Voraciously How to make your best pot of chili With meat or without, beans or no beans, you are the master of your own chili destiny. By Becky Krystal  •   Read more »   Home & Garden | Perspective 6 steps you can take to prevent your pipes from freezing Leave interior doors open, add insulation, consider installing water alarms and be aware. By Daniel Bortz  •   Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Today's Headlines or because it is included in your subscription. Manage my email newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe from Today's Headlines Privacy Policy | Help ©2019 The Washington Post  |  1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071