Happy Friday! Good news: The government isn’t shutting down again. But getting to this point wasn’t easy. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was on the phone with President Donald Trump three times yesterday trying to convince him that the new budget deal was the best he could get and spinning it as a win -- which it really wasn’t. Trump was assured, though, by his folks that he could declare a national emergency, a move that will spark litigation and possibly congressional rebukes. Here’s a look at how the deal went down. [WaPost]
Topping the news: Utah’s members of Congress all reacted differently to the budget bill that passed on Thursday — some more positively than others.