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WASHINGTON — Thirty-one days into the partial government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans appeared no closer to ending the impasse than when it began, with President Donald Trump lashing out at his opponents after they dismissed a plan he’d billed as a compromise.
Trump on Sunday branded House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a “radical” and said she was acting “irrationally.” The president also tried to fend off criticism from the right, as conservatives accused him of embracing “amnesty” for immigrants in the country illegally.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As Americans commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.’s contributions to the nation, Democratic presidential hopefuls are fanning out across the country to honor the civil rights leader.

Gov. Jay Inslee said that light rail will be a feature of the replacement Interstate 5 bridge because Oregon will pay for half of the project and has insisted that it be included. Except that in the previous plan, Oregon was only paying approximately one-sixth of the cost while user fees (tolls) were paying for approximately one-third — or twice what Oregon was going to pay. We can be pretty sure that user fees will be a substantial portion of funding any replacement. Do users get any say in this matter?