1/ Trump and congressional leaders failed to resolve the partial government shutdown that’s now stretched into its 13th day. The meeting was billed as a a “border security briefing,� but turned into Trump asking Department of Homeland Security officials to “make a plea� for his $5 billion border wall with Trump rejecting an offer from Democrats to reopen the government, because he “would look foolish if I did that.� Nancy Pelosi, meanwhile, reaffirmed her refusal to accommodate Trump’s border wall demand, saying: “How many more times can we say no? Nothing for the wall.� Sen. Lindsay Graham, meanwhile, has been pressuring Trump to hold firm as well. “If he gives in now, that’s the end of 2019 in terms of him being an effective president,� Graham said. “That’s the probably the end of his presidency.� (The Guardian / New York Times / CNN / NBC News)

Mitch McConnell: The Senate will not consider the House Democrat bills to end the government shutdown if they don’t include Trump’s demand for a $5 billion border wall. “The Senate will not waste its time considering a Democratic bill which cannot pass this chamber and which the president will not sign.� (Reuters)

Trump falsely accused Democrats of shutting down the government in order to take the presidency in 2020. He went on to praise “all of the achievements of ‘Trump.’� (Politico)

Trump put a large “Game of Thrones� poster of himself on the table in front of him during a cabinet meeting with the words “SANCTIONS ARE COMING NOVEMBER 4� across the middle. Nobody in the meeting talked about the poster and the White House did not respond to questions about it. (New York Times / Washington Post)

Trump issued an executive order freezing federal workers’ pay for 2019, after initially announcing a 2.1% across-the-board pay raise that was set to take effect in January. (CNN)

2/ The House of Representatives elected Rep. Nancy Pelosi as speaker for a second time. The 116th Congress convened with Democrats taking control of the House and Republicans maintaining control of the Senate. (Wall Street Journal / New York Times / Washington Post)