President Donald Trump traveled through Asia this week, sitting down for a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which he described as “truly great,” while Americans at home bore the brunt of the ongoing government shutdown, which is entering its second month.Democrats now find themselves in a bind as they have succeeded in framing health care as the issue at the heart of the stalemate but are grappling with the lapse of federal food assistance for millions of Americans set to begin Saturday.The shutdown is also likely to lead to more flight delays as the Federal Aviation Administration grapples with staffing shortages. At the same time, federal employees are working without pay, and food banks are bracing for a surge in demand.The president, though, seems to have his mind focused elsewhere as he instructed the Pentagon to immediately resume testing of nuclear weapons to ensure the U.S. keeps up with its rivals.“With others doing testing, I think it’s appropriate that we do also,” he told reporters after departing South Korea to return to the U.S.The Trump administration is continuing to add pressure on Venezuela, with the country’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, now accusing the U.S. of “fabricating a new eternal war.”See previous updates here, and read the latest below:Prosecutor Resisting Trump Pressure To Charge New York Attorney General: ReportA top Virginia prosecutor is resisting pressure from the Trump administration to bring charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, sources tell MSNBC.Prosecutor Elizabeth Yusi of the Eastern District of Virginia has reportedly told colleagues she sees no probable cause to seek charges against James for mortgage fraud and plans to inform Lindsey Halligan, whom Trump recently named acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, of her conclusion in the coming weeks. The sources told MSNBC they're bracing for Yusi to be fired over the decision and noted that Halligan, who had no prosecutorial experience prior to her appointment, has been closely monitoring the case against James. See All UpdatesClose