Subject: Daily Skimm: No day but today
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Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 06:42:23 -0500 (EST)

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JANUAR= 28, 2019

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Skimm'd while meeting a tax whisperer…

QUOTE O= THE DAY

"Without social networks, she became the first 'influ=ncer'" – Pope Francis=/a> on the Virgin Mary. But what would her handle be?

35 DAYS

The Story

The longest government shutdown in history is over.

I heard. Now, what does that mean for the border wall?

Nothing. The spending bill that was signed did not in=lude the $5.7 billion President Trump wanted in funding for a physical bar=ier on the US-Mexico border. But don't say bye to the wall just yet. The b=ll is only good for three weeks. Trump is hoping that's enough time to com= up with a plan for how to pay for the wall, otherwise he may call a natio=al emergency to get the funding. Or we could be looking at shutdown version 2.0.

And federal employees?

Around 800,000 federal employees who had gone without=pay are headed back to work. The White House says they'll get their back pay by the end of the week. But hundreds of thousands of contractors may not ge= anything. Here's a way =o help those that have been affected.

What about taxes?

Today is the first day of tax filing season –=and tens of thousands of IRS employees are expected to go back to work. Th= Trump admin says 'don't worry' – taxpayers who are still getting refunds will get their cash s=on. But a gov watchdog that oversees the IRS reportedly says it will t=ke 12 to 18 months for th= agency to recover from the shutdown. That's in part because IRS employees=are still figuring out the new tax code. And there are also millions of pi=ces of mail that have gone unanswered.

What about the economy as a whole?

The US economy is expected to have lost at least $6 billion during the partial =hutdown – more than what Trump was asking for the border wall.

Is Trump giving the State of the Union address tomorrow?=/h3>

Eh. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly says=it's not happening. But w=o knows.

So, what comes next?

Well, now it's back to business. And lawmakers are pulling out the agenda items=that have been sitting on the back burner all month. Senate Republicans ar= reportedly looking into foreign policy and legislation to show support fo= Israel. And House Democrats are apparently looking into laws to close the=gender pay gap and raise fed workers' pay.

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This shutdown had a big impact on the country �=93 from federal workers and their families to the US economy as a whole. A=d it's apparently causing lawmakers to take a closer look at the laws that let the gov go into shutd=wn mode. But until Congress and the White House can agree on a plan for bo=der security, we may all be facing déjà vu when the spending bil= deadline hits on February 15th.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say when you hear about the undocumented immigrants fired from a Trump golf=course…

In other things on President Trump's mind: Roger Stone. On Friday, his longtime=adviser was arrested and charged with several crimes, including witness ta=pering and lying to Congress. According to special counsel Robert Mueller,=Stone was in touch with a high-ranking Trump campaign official in 2016 abo=t the release of damaging info on Hillary Clinton via WikiLeaks. Last week= the FBI raided his home. Stone's been accused of encouraging a witness to=lie in front of a House committee (think: invoking "The Godfather: Part II=)...among other crimes. He said he'll plead not guilty and that he won't "=ear false witness" against Trump. But he says he's leaving open the possib=lity of cooperating with Mueller.

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What still has everyone's attention…

Venezuela. Over the weekend, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke at the UN =ecurity Council and told the international community to "pick a side." ICY=I, Venezuela has two people going by 'president' right now: Nicolás M=duro – who's been accused of sending the country into economic rui= and rigging last year's election. And opposition leader Juan Guaidó =E2�� a 35-year-old who invoked the constitution to become interim prez=until there are new elections. Russia, China, and Turkey are team Maduro. The US, UK, Canada, Argent=na, Brazil, and other Latin American countries are team Guaidó. The EU =s calling for new elections. This weekend, Pompeo wanted the UN to get invo=ved. Maduro says he won't be pressured into calling for new elections but =hat he may be ready to start talking things out. Both he and Guaidó are=competing to get the military=/a> to back them up.

What people are watching…

Brazil. On Friday, a dam holding back mine waste collapsed, causing a mudslide =nd killing at least 58 people, with hundreds still missing. The company th=t owns the mine – Vale – apologized but said it doesn't kn=w who's responsible. $1.3 billion of its assets have been frozen to pay fo= the damage. The tragedy reminded people of a similar one in 2015, when a =am run by Vale and an Australian company broke, killing 19 people in what =as considered the worst environmental disaster in the country's history.In other news people are watching: the Philippines. Yesterday, two bombs exploded in a Roman Ca=holic cathedral there, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens more= It happened in a region where terror groups like ISIS and the local Abu S=yyaf group have long been active. ISIS claimed responsibility for yesterda='s attack.

What to say when your friend deep-cleaned their home =his weekend...

Congrats. Here's who cleaned up at the Australian Ope=: Serbia's Novak DjokovicNaomi Osaka, who got=her second Grand Slam title in a row on Saturday (the first one being last=year's controversial win over ). Osaka – who is half Japanese, half Haitian =E2�� is now the first Asian player to reach no. 1 in the Women's Tenni= Association rankings.

What to say when your friend hits a new career milest=ne...

You've become your own role model...Mindy.

What to say when you hear "Black Panther" an= "The Marvelous Mrs Maisel" had a good night at the SAG Awards...

"A Star is Born" didn't...but still is keeping it so hardcore.

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