Oklahoma Republican predicts shutdown will end by Thanksgiving

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) predicted connected Sunday that the ongoing authorities shutdown volition extremity by Thanksgiving. “Given that existent pain, bash you deliberation the authorities volition reopen by Thanksgiving?” NBC News’s Kristen Welker asked Lankford connected “Meet the Press.” “Oh yes,” Lankford responded. “You do?” “I do, and it perfectly needs to —  and needs…