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Kelly calls some of Trump’s campaign pledges on immigration and wall ‘uninformed,’ meeting attendees sayWashington Post US shutdown looms amid immigration feudBBC News Kelly: Trump campaign promises on border wall have ‘evolved’ABC News John Kelly, Deacon of DeportationNew York Times John Kelly: Immigration ‘hardass’CNN Full coverage

Shutdown drama grips the CapitolThe Hill House GOP confident it can avert shutdown; Senate far from sureNBCNews.com 2018 Democratic Wave Likely to Be a True Tsunami in CaliforniaNew York Magazine Ready for an anti-Trump wave in November? Look at Wisconsin.Washington Post Full coverage

Jeff Flake’s 20 most damning lines about Donald Trump’s assault on the pressCNN Two Republican Senators Assail Trump for Media AttacksVoice of America Sanders: Flake criticized Trump ‘because he has terrible poll numbers’Politico Jeff Flake attack on President Trump during pressWeek Facts What Flake got right — and wrongWashington Post Full coverage

‘Our democracy will not last’: Jeff Flake’s speech comparing Trump to Stalin, annotatedWashington Post Jeff Flake Urges GOP To Stand Up To Trump’s Attacks Against The PressHuffPost US senator compares Trump’s attacks on media to StalinReuters Sen. Jeff Flake’s big audition for the Trump-despising mediaFox News Full coverage

The Daily 202: Unexpected defeat in rural Wisconsin special election sets off alarm bells for RepublicansWashington Post Immigration, now military spending, threaten to shut down governmentFox News Republicans Eye 4-Week Spending ExtensionU.S. News & World Report Only the GOP can prevent a government shutdownThe Boston Globe Full coverage