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President Donald Trump speaks about American missile defense doctrine, Thursday, Jan 17, 2019, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

President Trump Plans to Make Announcement Today on Shutdown, Border

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, Zeke Miller Associated Press, Jill Colvin Associated Press, and Catherine Lucey Associated PressJanuary 18, 2019

United States Department of Agriculture employee Lori Lodato, of Wilmington, Mass., display placards during a rally by federal employees and supporters, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, in front of the Statehouse in Boston, held to call for an end of the partial shutdown of the federal government. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Trump Grounds Pelosi After She Imperils His Big Speech

by Catherine Lucey Associated Press, Matthew Lee Associated Press, Zeke Miller Associated Press, and Lisa Mascaro Associated PressJanuary 17, 2019

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, speaks to reporters as she leaves an event with furloughed federal workers amid the partial government shutdown, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Shutdown May Upend State of the Union Speech

by Catherine Lucey Associated Press, Jill Colvin Associated Press, and Lisa Mascaro Associated PressJanuary 16, 2019

IRS worker Christine Helquist joins a federal workers protest rally outside the Federal Building, Thursday, Jan., 10, 2019, in Ogden, Utah. Payday will come Friday without any checks for about 800,000 federal employees affected by the government shutdown, forcing workers to scale back spending, cancel trips, apply for unemployment benefits and take out loans to stay afloat. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

At the Border, Trump Moves Closer to Emergency Declaration

by Catherine Lucey Associated Press, Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Zeke Miller Associated PressJanuary 11, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Washington. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump Pleads on TV For Wall Money; Dems Say He ‘Stokes Fear’

by Catherine Lucey Associated Press, Jill Colvin Associated Press, and Lisa Mascaro Associated PressJanuary 9, 2019

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, right, arrives to speak to reporters about the possibility of a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Congress and President Donald Trump continue to bicker over his demand that lawmakers fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Shutdown Threat Recedes as Trump Softens His Stance on Wall

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Matthew Daly And Catherine Lucey Associated PressDecember 18, 2018

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, joined at left by Rep. G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C., heads into the Democratic Caucus leadership elections unopposed following an effort by a contingent working against her becoming the speaker of the House when her party takes the majority in the new Congress in January, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi, Nominated for Speaker, Must Now Get the Votes

by Lisa Mascaro AP Congressional CorrespondentNovember 29, 2018

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, smiles as she meets with reporters on Election Day at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington. Those trying to stop Pelosi from becoming House speaker say they don’t need a rival now, but instead plan to show she lacks the votes to win, and at that point, they say, challengers will emerge (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democrats Cringe at Infighting Over Pelosi

by Lisa Mascaro AP Congressional CorrespondentNovember 25, 2018

FILE - In this July 17, 2018 file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., talks during a television interview on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate has blocked legislation to stop an estimated $300 million in arms sales to Bahrain. Lawmakers rejected a call by Republican Sen. Rand Paul to send a message that the U.S. is "done with the war in Yemen." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Lets Bahrain Weapon Sale Proceed

by Kevin Freking Associated Press, and Lisa Mascaro Associated PressNovember 15, 2018

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks to reporters as he arrives for a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, for the House Republican leadership elections. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

McCarthy Will Lead House GOP

by Lisa Mascaro AP Congressional CorrespondentNovember 15, 2018