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At the peak of the 2013 shutdown, roughly 850,000 employees were furloughed each day, about 40 percent of the federal civilian workforce. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Five things forbidden during the Obama shutdown but still allowed during the Trump shutdown

Philip Wegmann -

January 23, 2018 12:09 am

In the age of Trump, there's a good chance that a partial shutdown is the least exciting thing happening on any given day. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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5 reasons why the Schumer Shutdown failed

Pete Kasperowicz -

January 22, 2018 10:53 pm

NBC News' Andrea Mitchell on Monday erroneously reported that 13 Israeli-Arab members of Israel's parliament were escorted out by guards for holding up signs while in session. She was quickly refuted online. (screenshot)

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NBC’s chief foreign affairs correspondent gets schooled by Israeli reporter on Israeli politics

Becket Adams -

January 22, 2018 10:43 pm

Nick Carter's speech was serious and significant. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP, File)

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Top British army general: We must adapt to Russia’s growing threat

Tom Rogan -

January 22, 2018 9:56 pm

Turkish army tanks enter Afrin, an enclave in northern Syria controlled by U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters, in Hassa, Hatay, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country will

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Could the Kurds beat Turkey in Syria?

Michael Rubin -

January 22, 2018 9:46 pm

The shutdown turned out to be a mess for the Democratic Party. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Democrats’ shutdown miscalculation inflames the base it set out to please

Emily Jashinsky -

January 22, 2018 9:44 pm

What this MSNBC staffer wrote in a note intended for Sen. Dick Durbin goes a bit beyond the norm. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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MSNBC producer’s errant email reveals ‘so many’ at network proud of Sen. Durbin’s ‘courage’ and ‘integrity’

Becket Adams -

January 22, 2018 9:21 pm

From left, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal are in negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

A stricter NAFTA is a more harmful NAFTA

Clark Packard -

January 22, 2018 9:10 pm

A 1-percentage point increase in the share of students enrolled in private schools would result in about a 1.3 percent gain in lifetime earnings for the average student in a given nation. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager)

Beltway Confidential

More private school choice helps students worldwide

Corey DeAngelis -

January 22, 2018 9:05 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump gets a lot wrong about free trade, but so do most people

Tim Worstall -

January 22, 2018 8:44 pm

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Tag: Commentary

Five things forbidden during the Obama shutdown but still allowed during the Trump shutdown

5 reasons why the Schumer Shutdown failed

NBC’s chief foreign affairs correspondent gets schooled by Israeli reporter on Israeli politics

Top British army general: We must adapt to Russia’s growing threat

Could the Kurds beat Turkey in Syria?

Democrats’ shutdown miscalculation inflames the base it set out to please

MSNBC producer’s errant email reveals ‘so many’ at network proud of Sen. Durbin’s ‘courage’ and ‘integrity’

A stricter NAFTA is a more harmful NAFTA

More private school choice helps students worldwide

Trump gets a lot wrong about free trade, but so do most people

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