Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________• Ebullient Democrats assumed control of the House and elected Nancy Pelosi as speaker. • The new Democratic majority passed two bills to reopen the government, without funding for President Trumps’s border wall. But what he hasn’t talked about publicly during the partial government shutdown are the 800,000 federal workers who are not being paid. Those workers are coming up on a full pay cycle off the job, and many are trying to decide which bills to pay.

Source: New York Times January 04, 2019 05:03 UTC