10 things you need to know today: January 14, 2019

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1. Graham urges Trump to open government temporarily

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), an outspoken ally of President Trump, on Sunday said he urged Trump to approve temporary measures to reopen the federal government, which enters its 24th day on Monday and already is the longest partial shutdown ever. Trump is refusing to accept any deal on funding federal agencies until Democrats agree to allocate $5.7 billion for his promised wall on the Mexican border. Graham said Trump should agree to reopen shuttered agencies for a limited period, possibly three weeks, to allow talks on border security spending, and declare a national emergency to get money for the wall if no progress is made on a deal. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll released Sunday found that 53 percent of Americans blame Trump for the shutdown, while 29 percent blame congressional Democrats.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.