LIGHT BULBS!

1. The Shutdown is FINALLY Over (Sort of...) Okay so after a wild 76 days — yes, SEVENTY-SIX — Congress finally got its act together and passed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. FEMA and TSA are back up and running, so that's something. BUT — and this is a big but — ICE and Customs and Border Protection got left completely out of the funding deal. Shocker, right? Yeah, that's still a whole mess between the parties. Trump signs bipartisan bill ending longest-

Here are the topics that had my attention this week. POWELL OUT, WARSH IN? The DOJ quietly dropped its criminal probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — clearing a major legal cloud over him. But don't pop the champagne yet: the move appears to pave the way for the Senate to confirm Kevin Warsh, Trump's handpicked nominee to replace Powell as Fed chief. A political reshaping of the nation's central bank may be closer than ever. Jerome Powell was appointed Fed Chair by