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President Donald Trump speaks in the press briefing room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Day 13: Dems prepare to pass funding plan, Trump digs in

by Matthew Daly Associated Press, Catherine Lucey Associated Press, and Jill Colvin Associated PressJanuary 3, 2019

The Capitol is seen on a rainy morning in Washington, Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, during a partial government shutdown. President Donald Trump is threatening to close the U.S. border with Mexico if Democrats in Congress don't agree to fund the construction of a border wall. Trump tweeted Friday morning that "We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely," unless a funding deal is reached with "the Obstructionist Democrats." Trump's demand for money to build the border wall and...

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Parties trade blame as shutdown persists

by Zeke Miller Associated Press, Jill Colvin Associated Press, and Lisa Mascaro Associated PressDecember 29, 2018

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington. President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Nauert to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

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Kelly expected to depart White House amid Trump shake-up

by Zeke Miller Associated Press, and Jill Colvin Associated PressDecember 7, 2018

President Donald Trump asks if reporters can hear the audio as he talks with troops via teleconference from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Trump’s call to troops turns political

by Jill Colvin Associated PressNovember 23, 2018

President Donald Trump points as he greets supporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base and on to n route to Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Fla., and onto Mar-a-lago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Facing criticism, Trump says he’ll visit troops in war zone

by Zeke Miller Associated Press, and Jill Colvin Associated PressNovember 21, 2018

President Donald Trump listens as Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen addresses members of the media before Trump signs an executive order to end family separations at the border, during an event in the Oval Office of the White House, June 20.

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New DHS head to face same border challenges

by Colleen Long Associated Press, and Jill Colvin Associated PressNovember 15, 2018

President Donald Trump talks about immigration and border security from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Trump pledges asylum crackdown, tent cities; is it legal?

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, and Colleen Long Associated PressNovember 2, 2018

Central American migrants traveling with a caravan to the U.S. make their way to Pijijiapan, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. The sprawling caravan of migrants hoping to make their way to the United States set off again, forming a column more than a mile long as the group trekked out of the town of Mapastepec in southern Mexico before dawn. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Trump orders 800 troops to border

by Robert Burns Associated Press, and Jill Colvin Associated PressOctober 26, 2018

President Donald Trump stops to talk to members of the media before walking across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, to board Marine One helicopter for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Houston. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Trump says he’s cutting Central American aid

by Zeke Miller Associated Press, and Jill Colvin Associated PressOctober 23, 2018

President Donald Trump, center, listens as retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, right, ceremonially swears in Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, left, in the East Room of the White House, Monday. Kavanaugh’s wife Ashley watches, second from right with daughters Margaret, left, and Liza.

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Trump apologizes to Kavanaugh for ‘terrible pain’

by Mark Sherman Associated Press, and Jill Colvin Associated PressOctober 8, 2018