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By Jill Colvin, Lisa Mascaro and Zeke Miller
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Submitting to mounting pressure amid
growing disruption, President Donald
Trump signed a bill Friday to reopen the
government for three weeks, backing down
from his demand that Congress give him
money for his border wall before federal
agencies get back to work.
Standing alone in the Rose Garden,
Trump said he would sign legislation fund-
ing shuttered agencies until Feb. 15 and try
again to persuade lawmakers to finance his
long-sought wall. The deal he reached with
congressional leaders contains no new
money for the wall but ends the longest
shutdown in U.S. history.
The Senate then the House swiftly and
unanimously approved the deal. Late
Friday, Trump signed it into law. The ad-
ministration asked federal department
heads to reopen offices in a “prompt and
orderly manner” and said furloughed em-
ployees can return to work.
Trump’s retreat came in the 35th day of
the partial shutdown as intensifying delays
at the nation’s airports and another missed
payday for hundreds of thousands of feder-
al workers brought new urgency to efforts
to resolve the standoff.
“This was in no way a concession,” Trump
said in a tweet late Friday, fending off critics
who wanted him to keep fighting. “It was
taking care of millions of people who were
getting badly hurt by the Shutdown with
the understanding that in 21 days, if no deal
is done, it’s off to the races!”
The shutdown ended as Democratic
leaders had insisted it must—reopen the
government first, then talk border security.
“The president thought he could crack
By Chris Megerian
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON
Roger Stone, a longtime
Republican operative who
helped launch President
Donald Trump’s political
career and later served as an
informal political adviser,
was arrested before dawn
Friday on a federal indict-
ment that outlined efforts
by Trump’s 2016 campaign
to seek Democratic Party
emails hacked by Russia.
S t o n e
sa id he
w o u l d
plead not
guilty to
seven felo-
ny charges
and was
released on
a $250,000
bond. He
emerged from the court-
house smiling, his arms out-
stretched in a V-for-victory
pose made famous by his
political idol, President
Richard Nixon, who re-
signed from office during
the Watergate scandal.
Stone had numerous con-
versations with high-level
Trump campaign officials
about WikiLeaks’ plans to
release the stolen emails
after obtaining them from
By Catherine W. Idzerda
JANESVILLE
Children can eat more sugar, more fat
and fewer whole grains under scaled-back
school lunch rules approved last month
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Purdue
has argued that the changes were needed.
Too much food was ending up in the trash,
he said, and the rules were too restrictive.
Opponents countered that rolling
back regulations isn’t good for children’s
health.
James Degan, Janesville School
District food service manager, noted the
rule changes, but he has already moved
on. He has bigger, healthier fish to fry and
plans to stay the course with school lunch
menus, for the most part.
The changes:
� Under the Obama-era rules that
took effect in 2014, all breads, cereals and
pasta served to kids had to be at least 50
percent whole grain. Schools could apply
for a wavier if they had trouble finding
products. Now, schools don’t have to ap-
ply for a waiver.
“We did apply for the waiver for the
first year,” Degan said.
He worried that students wouldn’t eat
whole-grain pizza crust, sandwich bread
and pasta.
He was wrong. The new foods took
some getting used to, but students ac-
cepted them. After that first year, Degan
didn’t apply for the waiver again.
“The companies have had time to re-
invent themselves and their products,”
he said.
Products with more whole grains have
gotten better over time.
“I might consider going back to the old
tortillas,” Degan said. “The whole-grain
tortillas haven’t been very good.”
� Under the 2014 regulations, added
sugar and flavor were allowed only in
skim milk. Now, students can have choc-
olate milk with 1 percent fat, as well.
That will increase the amount of fat
By Jim Dayton
and Neil Johnson
Gazette staff writers
JANESVILLELucas E. Stuhr repeat-
edly threatened to kill the man he is accused of fa-tally shooting Wednesday night, according to a crim-inal complaint filed Friday in Rock County Court.
Stuhr, 39, of Browntown is charged with first-de-gree intentional homicide in the shooting death of Clifford A. Grice, 41, of Janesville, who was ro-mantically involved with Stuhr’s ex-girlfriend. The ex-girlfriend witnessed the shooting.
Stuhr made his initial court appearance Friday via video feed. Court
Commissioner Stephen Meyer set his bond at $500,000 and ordered him to have no contact with his ex-girlfriend.
Meyer said the high bond would alleviate con-cerns that Stuhr would not appear at his next court hearing. Authorities were worried he could harm himself, and Stuhr will have a competency hear-ing Tuesday.
Rock County District Attorney David O’Leary requested the $500,000 bond, saying he has a strong argument to con-vict Stuhr. He said pros-ecutors have an eyewit-ness, video evidence and a partial admission from Stuhr regarding the events before and after the shoot-ing.
Stuhr told police he “blacked out” before the
Janesville School District works
with hot lunch changes
Angela Major/[email protected] Duncan, an eighth-grader at Franklin Middle School in Janesville, eats a hot lunch in the school’s cafeteria. The federal government has eased dietary guidelines for student lunches, but local officials don’t plan to make many changes.
Trump signs bill to end shutdownIt reopens government
for 3 weeks without money for border wall
Associated PressPresident Donald Trump announces an agreement Friday to end the partial govern-ment shutdown in the Rose Garden of the White House.
Complaint: Suspect threatened to kill shooting victim
Angela Major/[email protected] Stuhr, left, appears next to attorney Walter Isaacson as District Attorney David O’Leary speaks about the de-tails of the criminal complaint Friday at the Rock County Courthouse in Janesville. Stuhr is accused of fatally shoot-ing Clifford Grice of Janesville on Wednesday night after a verbal argument.
Healthy, healthier,
healthiest:
Stuhr has bond set at $500,000
Trump adviser
arrestedCharges allege
Trump campaign sought emails
during campaign
Stone
Turn to HEALTHY on Page 9A
RELATED• State: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., faced off with
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., over the effort to end the government shutdown./Page 2A
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