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<i>The Atlantic</i> Politics & Policy Daily: Threat Level Midnight

Hours before the government is set to shut down, senators scrambled to reach a deal to keep the government funded.
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Hours before the government is set to shut down, senators to keep the government funded. President Trump met with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, that he had an “excellent preliminary meeting in Oval with” the Democratic senator. The Senate is expected to vote on a short-term spending bill tonight. Trump activists gathered at the National Mall for the annual March for Life to decide the legality of Trump’s latest travel ban.

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