Tipsheet: Shutdown begins as lawmakers wrestle over Trump's wall

View in your browser     Shutdown begins as lawmakers wrestle over Trump's wall BY JULIEGRACE BRUFKE AND MIKE LILLIS Congress failed to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday and doesn’t appear to have a clear path forward as lawmakers continue to squabble over funding for President Trump’s border wall. Read the full story here     Trump: Shutdown 'hopefully' won't last long BY JOHN BOWDEN President Trump acknowledged late Friday that the government was heading toward a partial shutdown but insisted it was Democrats' responsibility to bring the funding lapse to an end. Read the full story here     Senate agrees to last-ditch talks, but no clear path over shutdown BY JORDAIN CARNEY Senators agreed to advance a House-passed government funding bill on Friday evening as part of an effort to make room for negotiations and ensure that a shutdown starting Saturday is brief. Read the full story here     What happens during a partial government shutdown BY NIV ELIS A partial shutdown of the federal government means some agencies are furloughing workers while others are keeping essential staff on the job. Here's a guide to which agencies and workers will be impacted by the shutdown, and which ones will emerge unscathed. Read the full story here       Inside the Trump-Congress Christmas meltdown BY SCOTT WONG AND MELANIE ZANONA  Don Young had had enough. House lawmakers were in the midst of a marathon voting session on Thursday — a 35-vote slog demanded by a single lawmaker — when the cantankerous Alaska Republican stormed down the aisle of the House floor and began screaming at Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), who was presiding over the chamber, to close down the vote. Read the full story here     Trump wishes Ginsburg speedy recovery after procedure to remove cancerous growths BY JOHN BOWDEN President Trump offered wished Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a "fully and speedy recovery" on Friday, hours after she underwent a procedure to remove two cancerous nodules from her lung. Read the full story here     Trump signs criminal justice overhaul BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO President Trump on Friday signed into law a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill after it overwhelmingly passed both chambers earlier this week. Read the full story here     Poll: Public overwhelmingly opposes Trump pardoning his associates BY MATTHEW SHEFFIELD   As he and his associates face increasing legal scrutiny, President Trump has publicly and privately discussed potential pardons for his former and current associates, but a new The Hill-HarrisX poll finds that Americans would overwhelmingly disapprove of such pardons. Read the full story here     Supreme Court refuses to restore Trump's temporary asylum restrictions BY JOHN BOWDEN The Supreme Court on Friday refused a request from the Trump administration to restore newly implemented restrictions that would prevent some migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally from applying for asylum. Read the full story here     Dow suffers worst week since 2008 financial crisis BY NIV ELIS The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 1,500 points this week, including a 400-point drop on Friday alone, in what CNBC called the worst weekly performance since the 2008 global financial crisis. Read the full story here     Farewell to Gen. Mattis: The adult in the room — and the entire city BY MICHAEL O'HANLON Opinion | There will be many reasons to miss Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis. His experience in combat, camaraderie with troops, calm in crisis management and credibility (until very recently) with President Trump have all been huge advantages for the nation. But I will miss Mattis even more for being the adult in a city that risks losing its collective mind over competition with Russia and China.  Read the full story here     The benefits and costs of Trump’s new Syria policy BY JAMES J. COYLE Opinion | President Trump’s surprise announcement that he intends to withdraw American troops from Syria has upended the Washington foreign policy establishment. While the move offers an opportunity for improved relations with Russia and Turkey, they are offset by the costs, including having Iran being established as a major power in the Middle East. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: As Trump battles Congress, federal workers are caught in the middle BY STEVEN MUFSON AND LISA REIN As lawmakers scrambled to avert a midnight government shutdown, federal agencies lumbered into action on Friday, laying last-minute plans for how best to do nothing — or as little as necessary. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Trump Policy Gyrations Threaten Fragile Republican Coalition BY JONATHAN MARTIN, SHERYL GAY STOLBERG AND ALEXANDER BURNS President Trump’s near-simultaneous decisions this week to force a government shutdown over his demand to fund a border wall and withdraw American troops from Syria and Afghanistan have imperiled the fragile Republican coalition, exacerbating the party’s fears about what may become of his presidency — and its own electoral prospects in 2020. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Climate Change Drives Fish Into New Waters, Remaking an Industry BY ROBERT LEE HOTZ As sea temperatures rise and Arctic ice retreats, the fish appear to be avoiding warming waters, migrating northward where they cost more to reach, federal fisheries biologists say. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: New asylum policy comes with few details, many questions BY MOISES CASTILLO AND ELLIOT SPAGAT The Trump administration’s decision to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through clogged U.S. courts was announced with crucial details still unknown — a move that creates uncertainty along the border and possibly an incentive for people to cross illegally before the change take effect. Read the full story here     Reuters: UK police arrest man and woman over Gatwick drone disruption BY KATE HOLTON Police have arrested a man and a woman after rogue drone operators crippled London’s Gatwick Airport for three days by repeatedly flying onto the airfield, sparking a major security response. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.