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William Barr, Trump’s nominee for attorney general, was grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee during the first day of his confirmation hearings
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It’s Tuesday, January 15. A bipartisan meeting of senators on Monday led to no consensus, and a group of Democrats rejected the president’s invitation for lunchtime talks today, as the federal government shutdown stretches into its 25th day.

On the first day of confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Senate Judiciary Democrats grilled William Barr about an unsolicited memo he authored last year Barr defended the memo to the committee, but also said that he thinks

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