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Federal workers will get paid again. Plus another Trump associate is indicted, ugly-food drama, what to read and watch this weekend, and more

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On the 35 day of the U.S. government shutdown, President Trump announced that he would sign legislation to reopen the government for three weeks—up to February 15—without a $5.7-billion border-wall guarantee. Friday began with major airport delays throughout the northeast, and is ending with the bill to reopen the government passing in Congress and heading to the president’s desk. But the deadlock is ending how it began in December:

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