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Trump’s Senate Republican Allies Give OK to $5B Wall Request

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's Republican allies controlling the Senate are awarding him his full $5 billion request to build about 200 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. The wall money is contained in a $71 billion draft funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that cleared its...

Trump, Democrats Rams Up Pressure as Shutdown Hits 3rd Week

WASHINGTON — With no weekend breakthrough to end a prolonged partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump is standing firm in his border wall funding demands and newly empowered House Democrats are planning to step up pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government. Trump showed no signs of...

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