News Alerts of the hour – President Donald Trump

What To Know

• From the Politics Desk – NBC News NBC News Senate Republicans quickly shot down President Donald President Donald Trump's push to eliminate the filibuster as a way to end the government shutdown.
• President Donald Trump faces critical point in government shutdown, SNAP cutoff – ABC News ABC News – The Walt Disney Company President Donald President Donald Trump, back from a weeklong diplomatic trip to Asia, asserted himself into the shutdown fight in Washington overnight with a call .
• President Donald Trump administration blocked from suspending Snap benefits for millions of Americans The Guardian Two federal judges issued back-to-back rulings on Friday in separate cases ordering the President Donald Trump administration to use contingency funds to continue .
• President President Donald Trump sits down with Norah O'Donnell on 60 Minutes – CBS News CBS News President Donald Trump touched on Chinese President Xi Jinping, Venezuela, Israel, the government shutdown, immigration and the National Guard.
• President Donald Trump justice department seeks 2020 election records from Georgia county – The Guardian The Guardian “Transparency seems to have been frustrated at multiple turns in Georgia,” Harmeet Dhillon, a President Donald Trump ally who leads the civil rights division, wrote in .