Because a spousal abuse scandal at the White House and a 1,000-point market meltdown on Wall Street aren’t enough, lawmakers on Capitol Hill now seems to be flirting with a government shutdown tonight after all.

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) February 8, 2018

White House tells government to get ready for a shutdown: report https://t.co/P13oQh0XYK

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) February 9, 2018

“Prepare to lapse.” This could be a term of art for SO many things beyond govt shutdown. https://t.co/9z6IGyu1Zu

— AnnGerhart (@AnnGerhart) February 8, 2018

Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul holds up vote on Senate budget deal, citing concerns about spending and deficits. https://t.co/gK1ClXItJb

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 8, 2018

New: The current husband of one of Rob Porter's ex-wives emailed the FBI last January expressing concern that Porter’s close friend was “actively working to quell" background check issues. https://t.co/HRTtcazMSH

— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) February 8, 2018

“The reasons that Porter didn’t belong in any White House are the reasons he fit in in this one.” https://t.co/Re4VLNrGQu

— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 8, 2018

Before inauguration, Trump’s attorney announced “No new foreign deals will be made whatsoever during the duration of President Trump’s presidency.”

Less than 2 wks after his father took office Eric Trump posed for pictures w/ the Cap Cana Group’s owners: https://t.co/hZ4zn0PFOV

— ProPublica (@propublica) February 9, 2018

The FBI was monitoring Carter Page in Jan. 2017 when Page says he spoke with Steve Bannon about Russia and Bannon asked Page to cancel a TV appearance on MSNBC. It raises the strong possibility, Politico reports, that the FBI intercepted the conversation. https://t.co/xhW3mFki8R

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 9, 2018

Trump Administration Admits 2018 Elections Are Vulnerable To More Russian Interference https://t.co/GPKRokfBeI pic.twitter.com/JnHNqnTw0U

— Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) February 9, 2018

Top election forecaster moves 21 House races towards Dems https://t.co/6weX3H3QW2 pic.twitter.com/zPT7qZmyOc

— The Hill (@thehill) February 8, 2018

If Democrats pick all the lowest-hanging fruit in the House, they can win a majority. https://t.co/oq4zaJmR6h

— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 9, 2018

Dem bills would block the use of federal funds for Trump's military parade https://t.co/o6oc08tPpc pic.twitter.com/37u6Lmywio

— The Hill (@thehill) February 9, 2018

We got a copy of a draft regulation that could bar immigrants from green cards if they sent their US-born kids to Head Start.

So we're sharing it with you. https://t.co/4zabUqKsNx

— Dara Lind (@DLind) February 9, 2018

Evangelicals, Having Backed Trump, Find White House 'Front Door Is Open' https://t.co/4bn6V2Cc50

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) February 8, 2018

Japan warns on Brexit: we cannot continue in UK without profit https://t.co/akOYx3ntBW pic.twitter.com/s6Oe5qCLvC

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 8, 2018

Unbelievable. Even after 2 days of special meeting, the government has STILL not managed to decide what it wants in #brexit negotiations , 20 months after referendum, while costs of #BrexitReality become clearer by the day. https://t.co/c19KUOgXpZ

— Richard Corbett (@RichardGCorbett) February 8, 2018

Ministers admit almost 65 existing trade deals with non-EU countries are ‘at risk because of Brexit’ https://t.co/n0pErYXkYz

— Anna Soubry 🖤🤍🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 (@Anna_Soubry) February 8, 2018

The economic arguments for staying in the EU become clearer by the day, but we need to win the argument for heads AND hearts. You can be a proud British patriot and a passionate pro-European at the same time – they are not mutually exclusive.

— Nick Clegg (@nickclegg) February 8, 2018

Martin Wolf: Brexit has made this a peaceful civil war. But it is still a schism between irreconcilable opponents https://t.co/Dggummarjm

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) February 8, 2018

This is perhaps the only appropriate comment on @jimbrunsden's story about the UK now asking non-EU countries to consider them an #EU member post-Brexit. https://t.co/lCoFWLP3Jg pic.twitter.com/77ojvU8kUO

— Peter Spiegel (@SpiegelPeter) February 8, 2018

Top #Oxfam staff paid Haiti survivors for sex. #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/lwgk2BKGyH

— The Times Pictures (@TimesPictures) February 8, 2018

Exclusive: U.S. not planning to contribute money at Iraq reconstruction conference – officials https://t.co/kyV2gITNir pic.twitter.com/KiQmSDSRR8

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 8, 2018

This is the investigation @Reuters was reporting when two of its Myanmar correspondents were arrested in December: https://t.co/4aT4qTIWJg Read their profiles: https://t.co/CPkJcyuDKv pic.twitter.com/aXFLO5RGLx

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 8, 2018

Our @NBCNightlyNews home away from home in PyeongChang starting tonight as the 2018 Winter Olympics begin. pic.twitter.com/g0XS4ew0MW

— Lester Holt (@LesterHoltNBC) February 8, 2018

South Koreans described their thoughts on the thawing of inter-Korean relations at the Winter Olympics https://t.co/k22VVWmVXq pic.twitter.com/8v6A1nrMaD

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 8, 2018

For months, Coamo's residents begged Puerto Rico's power company and U.S. Army engineers to bring back electricity, with few results.

So they started restoring power on their own, pulling up power lines and digging holes for wooden posts. https://t.co/dpuJ0ycPrA (1/3)

— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 8, 2018