| No Images? Click here  Monday, February 11SECOND SHUTDOWN LOOMS AS TALKS BREAK DOWN Talks between congressional Republicans and Democrats aimed at averting another government shutdown have broken down without an agreement. Last month's federal funding deal runs out on Friday. Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said over the weekend another partial government shutdown “absolutely cannot” be ruled out. [Reuters] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]WHITE HOUSE LEAKER DROPS MORE OF TRUMP’S SCHEDULE Despite a White House probe to unmask the individual who spilled Trump’s private daily schedules to the media, a defiant leaker struck again, revealing the president is still spending about half of his days in unstructured “executive time.” [HuffPost]NORTHAM REFUSES TO GO Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said he has no intention of giving up his office despite resignation calls from many fellow Democrats over the racist photo from his medical school yearbook. [HuffPost]CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR WITHDRAWING BORDER TROOPS California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) plans to withdraw several hundred National Guard troops from the state’s southern border with Mexico in defiance of the Trump administration’s request for support from border states. [AP]KLOBUCHAR COUNTERS CLAIMS SHE MISTREATED STAFF Shortly after announcing her presidential bid, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) offered a defense against recent reports that she has mistreated members of her staff. “Yes, I can be tough, and yes I can push people,” she told reporters. “I have high expectations for myself, I have high expectations for the people that work for me, but I have high expectations for this country.” [HuffPost]AMI ATTORNEY: NO BEZOS BLACKMAIL An attorney representing American Media Inc. CEO David Pecker claimed the supermarket tabloid company’s threat to publish nude photos of Amazon head Jeff Bezos if he didn’t agree to its terms was “absolutely is not extortion and not blackmail.” [HuffPost]
 CARDI B MAKES HISTORY Cardi B picked up the trophy for Best Rap Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards, becoming the first solo female rapper to do so in the category’s 20-plus year history. Here are all the night’s winners. [HuffPost]HUNGARY PM: ZERO INCOME TAX FOR MOTHERS Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced that women with four children or more will be exempt for life from paying income tax, a plan to boost the birthrate and reduce the country’s reliance on immigrants. [BBC]SCHIFF WORRIED MUELLER STOPPED FROM LOOKING AT DEUTSCHE BANK House intelligence committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said he was concerned that special counsel Robert Mueller may not be investigating Trump’s ties to Deutsche Bank, which loaned the Trump Organization hundreds of millions of dollars for real estate ventures. [Reuters]DENVER TEACHERS TO STRIKE Denver teachers are planning to strike for the first time in 25 years after failed negotiations with the school district over base pay. [AP]HITLER PAINTINGS FAIL TO SELL Five paintings purportedly made by Adolf Hitler failed to find buyers at a weekend auction in Nuremberg, Germany, amid concerns about the artworks’ authenticity and accusations that the sale itself was in “bad taste.” [HuffPost]MAGA FANS MAKE HUMAN BORDER WALL Trump supporters wearing MAGA hats gathered to form a human “wall” along a section of the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico. [HuffPost]
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