**On the roster: Trump’s escape route narrows - Senate rejects two bills to end shutdown - Left wing in a flap over Harris’s backstory - The Judge’s Ruling: Drip drip drip… - A very Canadian crime spreeTRUMP’S ESCAPE ROUTE NARROWSDonald Trump is the president of the United States in substantial part because of our nation’s broken immigration regime. A year ago, just 4 percent of voters said that building “the wall” and/or immigration should be Trump’s top priority. But we certainly know that he needs this shutdown shut down soon and would likely grab any reasonable looking lifeline. It’s not clear that he can pull off such a fast one, but it’s increasingly clear that he’s running out of time to make his escape. The action came just after Mr. Trump’s own proposal to reopen the government and devote $5.7 billion to his border wall failed on a similar near-party-line vote that underlined the depth of the divide.

Source: Fox News January 24, 2019 21:33 UTC