<em>The Atlantic</em> Politics & Policy Daily: The NeverEnding Shutdown
Trump faces questions over meetings with Putin, as the government shutdown stretches into its 24th day.
What We’re Following Today
It’s Monday, January 14. On the 24th day of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, midway through his first term in office, President Donald Trump took the stage at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 100th anniversary convention and reiterated his case for building a wall on the United States’ southern border. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reports that a bipartisan group of senators is forming in an attempt to reach a deal that would end the shutdown. Here’s what else we’re watching:
Recent reports that Trump had gone so in an effort to conceal details about his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and that the FBI at one point into whether Trump was working on Russia’s behalf from Republicans and Democrats.
