McConnell Caves To Trump And Other News: Your Prime Week In Review

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 13: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives for the Senate Republicans' lunch meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

February 16, 2019 9:00 a.m.

Welcome to the weekend, TPM members. Here's what happened in Prime this week. Mitch McConnell did what he had suggested he wouldn't and caved to Trump on a national emergency. The timeline of what happened in the days before and...

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