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Democrats, Day 6 and Shutdown

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· 2d · on MSN

Top Senate Republican reveals why Democrats are ‘stuck’ as shutdown reaches day five

Thune insisted, however, that reopening the government would not constitute a victory for Trump.

· 1d

Trump Says He's Open to Health Care Deal With Democrats as Shutdown Hits Day 6

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Republicans and Democrats at an impasse as government shutdown enters sixth day

· 1d

Senate rejects dueling government funding bills on Day 6 of shutdown

The Senate on Monday pushed the government shutdown to the one-week mark as Democrats blocked the GOP’s “clean” stopgap funding bill from advancing for a fifth time.

· 1d

Senate to Vote Again Monday on Short-Term Funding Bill

· 1d

Senate to vote on funding bills today, both expected to fail

· 19h

Senate frustrations rise as shutdown starts feeling like ‘Groundhog Day’

“It’s unfortunate. I wish we were making more progress,” said Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), who was part of informal talks with Democrats in recent days that have made little headway.

· 1d

Senate Democrats hold the line and reject GOP plan to end shutdown a fifth time

Stars and Stripes · 2h

Trump says he’s open to health care deal but government must reopen first

15d

Why Kobe Bryant is not a top-five NBA player of the 21st century

If we go to their respective peaks, Kobe never put together a season like the one Curry did in 2015-16 when he led the league at 30.1 PPG on 50/45/91 shooting splits. The guy made an NBA record 402 3-pointers at a 45% clip en route to the only unanimous MVP award in history and Curry's second straight.

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Kirk Herbstreit ranks his top five college football teams ahead of Week 5

ESPN college football expert and "College GameDay" personality Kirk Herbstreit ranks his top five teams entering Week 5

NCAA

Texas Tech enters the Top 10; Penn State and Texas fall out the AP Top 25

What was supposed to be a quieter Saturday than Week 5 still produced another round of close matches and upsets that reshaped this week’s AP Poll. Five ranked teams fell in Week 6, including two in the Top 10, leaving the Top 25 looking much different heading into Week 7.