Trump administration briefing: Democrats divided as funding bill passes; president rails against justice department

Democrats dismayed after some help Republicans avert government shutdown; Trump vents about prosecutions while taking DoJ victory lap - key US politics stories from Friday at a glance The US Senate averted a government shutdown just hours before a Friday night deadline after 10 Senate Democrats joined nearly all Republicans to clear a key hurdle that advanced the six-month stopgap bill. The vote deeply dismayed Democratic activists and House Democrats who had urged their Senate counterparts to b...