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Earlier

Leaked memo shows terrorizing migrant children the administration's plan all along (source) - note authenticity of said memo not confirmed.
DJT's wall justifications appear to based on the movie Sicario: Day of the Soldado rather than reality (source).

Friday 1/25

Roger Stone is arrested (source, full text of indictment).
IRS workers refuse to show up unpaid (source).
LaGuardia shuts down due to government shutdown (source).
DJT ends shutdown, accepting the exact same deal he was offered before the shutdown - nothing for the wall (source).
DJT promptly threatens another shutdown (source).
Migrant children being held in unlicensed facilities (source).

Monday 1/28

Returning Federal workers face backlogs and other repercussions from shutdown (source, source).
CBO estimates that the shutdown cost the U.S. economy a net loss of $3 billion (source).
CBO estimates that DJT's tariffs will decrease the U.S. GDP by 0.1% (source).
U.S. presses criminal charges against Huawei (source).
U.S. imposes sanctions on Venezuelan state oil company (source).
Progress on U.S. - Taliban peace talks? (source).
DJT supports bible classes for public schools (source).
NYT releases analysis tallying up over 100 contacts between DJT campaign team and Russia.

Tuesday 1/29

Wednesday 1/30

Thursday 1/31

INF arms treaty between U.S. and Russia ends Saturday (source).
ICE is force feeding immigrant detainees that are on a hunger strike to protest detention conditions (source).
ICE sent out fake hearing date notices to immigrants (source).
Homeland Security created a fake university as part of an immigration sting operation (source).

Friday 2/1

Feds assessment of the economy: shaky (source).
Homeland Security changes H-1B visa program to favor candidates with Masters degrees (source)
There are no plans to send the military into Venezuela (source).
FCC being sued over Net Neutrality decision (source).

Map of the week

Legislative update

Legislation signed into law
- Continuing appropriations bill ending government shutdown https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hjres28
- 2 minor bills
Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
- 11 minor bills (note in addition to relatively unimportant bills I'm also labeling as "minor" bills that'll never see the light of day in the other chamber, regardless of their content).
- 45 total pending bills
Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House - Senate is missing in action except for passing the CR

1 February 2019