Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released email exchanges between Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and author Michael Wolff discussing Donald Trump. In one email, apparently sent by Epstein to Maxwell,

Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, said on Thursday that the government shutdown cost $14 billion per week, or as much as 1.5 percent of gross domestic product. He also estimated that 60,000 non-federal workers lost their jobs because of the economic impact of the shutdown.

The House Oversight Committee has released an additional 20,000 pages of documents the GOP-led panel had received from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump ’s White House has drawn backlash for launching a parody MySpace-style website that mocks Democrats and disingenuously casts them as the sole cause of the government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history.

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The government shutdown, now in its 43rd day, may conclude tonight as the House plans to vote on reopening, with the president ready to sign the agreement.

The White House pressed Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during a recent military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended.