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FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2014 file photo, U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter D-N.H., speaks during a debate with her opponent, former Republican U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta, in Manchester, N.H. Four-term Democrat Carol Shea-Porter, who decided not to seek re-election in the 1st District, will be succeeded Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 by fellow Democrat Chris Pappas. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Shea-Porter looks back, ahead after 4 terms in Congress

By HOLLY RAMER - Associated Press

"I would have liked to have seen more applications for something other than just school security officers, but it's a good thing those grants are going out," said Sen. Chris Murphy, Connecticut Democrat, who has pushed for gun control legislation. (Associated Press)

Unclear if security efforts, grant money helping student safety after Parkland tragedy

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Dossier author Christopher Steele acknowledged he was desperate to stop the Trump campaign and prompt the FBI to ratchet up its investigation. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

Michael Isikoff: Dossier’s Trump-Russia collusion claims ‘likely false’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Kansas senator’s consensus building may cost him support

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President Donald Trump answers questions from the media after speaking with members of the military by video conference on Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, in the Oval Office of the White House. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Under Donald Trump, budget deficit projected to reach $1 trillion

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Editorials from around New England

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A statue of Benjamin Franklin is seen in an empty corridor outside the Senate at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, during a partial government shutdown. Chances look slim for ending the partial government shutdown any time soon. Lawmakers are away from Washington for the holidays and have been told they will get 24 hours' notice before having to return for a vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP and Democrats trade blame for shutdown, no deal in sight

By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Alcatraz Island is shown behind a locks attached to a pier fence in San Francisco, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. A partial federal shutdown has been put in motion because of gridlock in Congress over funding for President Donald Trump's Mexican border wall. The company that provides ferry services to Alcatraz Island kept its daytime tours but canceled behind-the-scenes and night tours. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The Latest: GOP, Democrats trade blame as shutdown drags on

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President Donald Trump hands a pen to Sen Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, after signing criminal justice reform legislation in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, in Washington. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C, front row, second from right, watches. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Reforming criminal justice: Now what?

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

"This past election, we saw American voters in state after state speak with one voice, demanding reforms that make it easier to vote, not harder," said Rep. Terri Sewell, Alabama Democrat. Ms. Sewell unveiled the proposal at a press conference last month. (Associated Press)

House Democrats poised to push for election reforms

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Gary Mendell

Gary Mendell’s Shatterproof nonprofit helps other families cope with addiction

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

An estimated 167 Americans, many of them young, die each day from opioid abuse. “Nobody has seen anything like what’s going on now,” President Trump said in October 2017 while addressing the worsening drug epidemic that has gripped the nation. (Associated Press/File)

Opioid abuse numbers show health crisis worsening

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

According to indications, the sun will set on the White House many times before President Trump and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer reach an agreement on funding for a border fence. (Associated Press/File)

Trump: ‘Nothing new on the shutdown’ on Day 3 of closure

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

California Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom successfully campaigned on pushing the state for a sweeping, single-payer health care system. Other Democratic governors-elect are also looking to expand health care coverage and to reform the system. (Associated Press)

Democrats look to states to expand Medicare coverage

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The moon rises behind the North Portico of the White House, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, in Washington. The partial federal shutdown was expected to drag into Christmas as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders remained stuck in a standoff over the border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House: Trump would accept less money for border wall

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen past the base of the Washington Monument just before sunrise in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced a partial government shutdown early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting a border wall with Mexico. Overall, more than 800,000 federal employees would see their jobs disrupted, including more than half who would be forced to continue working without pay. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Partial government shutdown likely to extend past Christmas

By LISA MASCARO and DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

En route to a meeting at the White House, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, walks with Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, as work continues prior to a Friday night funding deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. Trump is imploring McConnell to change the Senate's rules in order to pass the spending bill with money for a border wall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Dems blame Trump’s “temper tantrum” for shutdown

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The U.S. Capitol is seen as Congress and President Donald Trump move closer to a deadline to fund parts of the government, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s demand for wall moves government closer to shutdown

By LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2016, file photo, travelers arrive at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline as they walk into a tent next to an upside-down American flag in Cannon Ball, N.D. A new report released Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights finds that funding levels for Native American tribes are woefully inadequate despite the federal government's responsibility to provide for education, public safety, health care and other services under treaties, laws and other acts. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Report: US fails in funding obligation to Native Americans

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press