Tipsheet: Trump concedes defeat on shutdown

View in your browser     The Memo: Trump concedes defeat on shutdown BY NIALL STANAGE President Trump raised the white flag of surrender on Friday, bringing an end to a partial government shutdown in its 35th day despite not getting funding for his border wall. Some on the right are now hitting out at what they see as a timorous performance by a president whose supposed strength had been central to his political appeal. Read the full story here     White House: Trump will move forward on wall 'with or without' Dems BY OWEN DAUGHERTY The White House maintained Friday night that President Trump will "move forward" with plans to build a border wall "with or without the Democrats" if no funding is offered before a deadline next month. Read the full story here     Federal workers could get back pay within days of deal to end shutdown BY SYLVAN LANE, TIMOTHY CAMA AND JULIEGRACE BRUFKE    Federal employees who have been furloughed or forced to work without pay during the shutdown could receive back pay within days of President Trump signing a deal to end the stalemate. Read the full story here     Five takeaways from Roger Stone’s indictment BY MORGAN CHALFANT, JACQUELINE THOMSEN AND OLIVIA BEAVERS  Roger Stone, a longtime associate of President Trump who served briefly as an informal adviser on his 2016 campaign, was indicted this week in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Here are five takeaways from the indictment. Read the full story here       Pelosi after Stone indictment: 'What does Putin have on the president'? BY BROOKE SEIPEL Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that the arrest of Roger Stone, a longtime informal adviser to President Trump, "makes clear that there was a deliberate, coordinated attempt by top Trump campaign officials to influence the 2016 election." Read the full story here     Trump denounces Stone arrest: 'Human traffickers are treated better' BY JORDAN FABIAN AND MORGAN CHALFANT President Trump on Friday accused the FBI of mistreating his longtime associate Roger Stone by arresting him in a pre-dawn raid, his first response to the Russia investigation indictment. Read the full story here     Stone: 'I’ve never had any discussion' with Trump about a pardon BY TAL AXELROD Former informal Trump adviser Roger Stone said late Friday following his indictment in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe that he has "never" discussed a possible presidential pardon with President Trump. Read the full story here     Former Stone associates indicate willingness to testify against him BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN Two former associates of Roger Stone who have appeared before the grand jury impaneled by special counsel Robert Mueller indicated Friday that they are willing to testify against Stone in court. Read the full story here     Trump: Ending shutdown was ‘in no way a concession’ BY TAL AXELROD President Trump on Friday sought to defend his decision earlier that day to end the ongoing partial government shutdown without getting funding for his long-desired U.S.-Mexico border wall. Read the full story here     Pelosi says State of the Union date to be determined after shutdown ends BY JULIEGRACE BRUFKE Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said there are no plans to move forward with the State of the Union next Tuesday, despite President Trump's announcement that he would sign a short-term measure reopening the government. Read the full story here     Avoid future shutdowns by making the president and Congress share the pain BY JAMES PARDEW Opinion | At a minimum, any president or Congress that imposes a government shutdown like the latest one should pay immediate and severe penalties in the future. Only then can such disasters be avoided. Read the full story here     Stone indictment follows concerning Mueller pattern BY ALAN DERSHOWITZ  Opinion | The indictment of former Trump associate Roger Stone follows a long pattern that should raise serious concerns about the special counsel investigation. Read the full story here     The New York Times: ‘Our Country Is Being Run by Children’: Shutdown’s End Brings Relief and Frustration BY JACK HEALY, KATE TAYLOR AND TARA SIEGEL BERNARD Some cried with relief. Their 35-day nightmare of missing bill payments, working without paychecks, asking strangers for money and visiting food pantries was finally ending.  Read the full story here     The Washington Post: ‘Prisoner of his own impulse’: Inside Trump’s cave to end shutdown without wall BY PHILIP RUCKER, JOSH DAWSEY AND SEUNG MIN KIM Trump's poll numbers were plummeting. His FBI director was decrying the dysfunction. The nation’s air travel was in chaos. Federal workers were lining up at food banks. Economic growth was at risk of flatlining, and even some Republican senators were in open revolt. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Venezuelan showdown moves to UN as dueling presidents dig in BY EDITH M. LEDERER AND SCOTT SMITH Venezuela’s political showdown moves to the United Nations Saturday where a Security Council meeting called by the United States will pit backers of President Nicolas Maduro against the Trump administration and supporters of the country’s self-declared interim leader Juan Guaido. Read the full story here     Bloomberg: LaGuardia Chaos May Have Helped Push Trump to End Shutdown BY HAILEY WALLER There certainly have been worse days at LaGuardia, O’Hare and Miami airports. But on Friday some of these busy routes came to a brief but abrupt halt -- and that may have been among the final pushes that led President Donald Trump, already under pressure, to reopen the government. Read the full story here     Reuters: Brazil rescuers search for hundreds missing after mining dam burst BY GRAM SLATTERY Brazilian rescuers continued searching on Saturday for some 200 missing people after a tailings dam burst at an iron ore mine owned by Vale SA, just over three years after the miner was involved in a similar disaster nearby. 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.