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Trading Blame for the Shutdown, Lawmakers Search for a Deal to End It➖ @nytimes ➖
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Review: The Ghosts of Michael Brown, in ‘Until the Flood’➖ @nytimes ➖
Republicans Claim Surveillance Power Abuses in Russia Inquiry➖ @nytimes ➖
Women’s March Returns a Year Later, as Movement Evolves➖ @nytimes ➖
Nicolle Wallace’s Road From the White House to 30 Rock➖ @nytimes ➖
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J.K. Simmons on the Art of Being the Bad Guy➖ @nytimes ➖
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Playlist: The Playlist: Previously Unreleased Hendrix, and 10 More New Songs➖ @nytimes ➖
As the Shutdown Loomed, Trump Reached Out to Schumer➖ @nytimes ➖
Op-Ed Contributor: What the Shutdown Says About the Future of the Democrats➖ @nytimes ➖
Full Text of Aly Raisman’s Statement➖ @nytimes ➖
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Trump Passed a Cognitive Exam. What Does That Really Mean?➖ @nytimes ➖
Yes, People Really Are Eating Tide Pods. No, It’s Not Safe.➖ @nytimes ➖
Paul Bocuse, Celebrated French Chef, Dies at 91➖ @nytimes ➖
Trump Accuses Democrats of Playing ‘Shutdown Politics’ on Anniversary➖ @nytimes ➖
Where China Built Its Bomb, Dark Memories Haunt the Ruins➖ @nytimes ➖
Nous, a New Store, Picks Up Where Dearly Departed Colette Left Off➖ @nytimes ➖
Fiction: Madeleine Thien’s New Novel of Communist Occupation Turns Inward➖ @nytimes ➖
Your Pyeongchang 2018 Travel Guide➖ @nytimes ➖
More College Students Seem to Be Majoring in Perfectionism➖ @nytimes ➖
Matter: In the Arctic, More Rain May Mean Fewer Musk Oxen➖ @nytimes ➖
Senate Leaders Speak After Government Shuts Down➖ @nytimes ➖
Trump Tells Anti-Abortion Marchers ‘We Are With You All the Way’ and Shows It➖ @nytimes ➖