British Traffic Jams, China’s Secret Children and Nurdles: Weekend Reads

Keeping Wall Promise Is Blocking Other Signature Trump PledgesMore than a dozen federal agencies have been closed in the fight over funding for the wall along the southern border, keeping the president from honoring some high-profile campaign pledges and policy priorities, Ryan Beene and Jennifer A. Dlouhy report. To read about one city where the people voted with gusto to leave the EU and now serve as a warning over the dangers of a second referendum, click here. Watch out for a vote by U.K. lawmakers on May’s Brexit deal set for Jan. 15 . The Key to Nancy Pelosi’s Legislative AgendaAs the Democratic Party went from the majority to the minority and back again, Nancy Pelosi worked consistently to keep her bloc united and its legislative agenda intact - and virtually everyone in Washington agrees the house speaker is a master strategist.