Sign up for HUFFPOST HILL and get a cheeky dose of political news every evening! This is HUFFPOST HILL for Friday, September 23rd, 2016:TODAY IN LOOMING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS - This is part of why fall is such a great season. HAVING NO DIGNITY EDITION - Ted Cruz, if you forgot, was the guy who called Donald Trump a sniveling coward. ‘After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump,’ Mr. Cruz wrote in a statement posted on Facebook. Though Mr. Cruz and his aides had never ruled out an endorsement, many in his orbit had chafed at the prospect of supporting a man who had so viciously attacked the Texas senator during the nominating fight.

Source: Huffington Post September 23, 2016 21:00 UTC