Rachel Maddow reads from the court transcript in which a federal judge blasts the Trump administration’s defense of its firing of thousands of federal workers and orders that the jobs be restored, with some harsh words for Trump’s lawyers to boot.
A huge storm system crossing the U.S. threatens to unleash tornadoes Friday in the Mississippi Valley, blizzards in the northern Plains and dry, gusty conditions in Texas and Oklahoma that pose an extreme risk of wildfires. The National Weather Service predicted extreme weather across a vast swath of the U.S. with a population exceeding 100 million people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare as Democrats confront two painful options: allowi…