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Yesterday the shutdown in America became the second-longest on record, overtaking the 21-day stoppage of 1995-96. If Democrats and Republicans remain at loggerheads for another two weeks, they will make history. Neither party seems in
any hurry to re-open the government.
According to our polling, Americans still blame Republicans for the shutdown—but the public is increasingly displeased with both sides.
And it is “outlandish even to type the words”, writes the
author of The Telegram,
our geopolitics column, but Brussels “feels like a city bracing for combat”. On a visit to Europe’s capital our columnist discovered that the threat from three strongmen—Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping—is changing the way Europe works. | 
