Cybersecurity

Trump's Bad Day: Stone Arrest, Airport Chaos, Shutdown Surrender

  • President agrees to reopen government without funds for wall
  • Stone indictment reveals new evidence in Mueller investigation
Trump Says He's Reached Deal to End Shutdown and Reopen Gov't
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Roger Stone got indicted. LaGuardia Airport was briefly disrupted. And for Donald Trump, the wall suddenly became expendable.

The president faced a day of setbacks on Friday, culminating with his capitulation to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the 35-day government shutdown. His agreement to reopen the government until Feb. 15 without any guarantee of money for his proposed border wall left some of his allies furious.