At Mexican border, Trump moves closer to emergency declaration

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 03:23:02 +0000

At Mexican border, Trump moves closer to emergency declaration

Taking the shutdown fight to the Mexican border, President Donald Trump edged closer Thursday to declaring a national emergency.

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US airports seeing rise in security screeners calling off work

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 03:40:41 +0000

Transportation Security Administration officers work at a checkpoint at Logan International Airport in Boston, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. The TSA acknowledged an increase in the number of its employees calling off work during the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

The federal agency tasked with guaranteeing U.S. airport security acknowledged an increase in the number of its employees calling off work during the partial government shutdown.

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US airports seeing rise in security screeners calling off work

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 03:40:41 +0000

Transportation Security Administration officers work at a checkpoint at Logan International Airport in Boston, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. The TSA acknowledged an increase in the number of its employees calling off work during the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

The federal agency tasked with guaranteeing U.S. airport security acknowledged an increase in the number of its employees calling off work during the partial government shutdown.

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Trump signals no end to shutdown: ‘You have to have a wall’

Credit to Author: aulanday| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 22:49:26 +0000

WASHINGTON — A shutdown affecting parts of the federal government appeared no closer to resolution Wednesday, with President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats locked in a hardening standoff over border wall money that threatens to carry over into January. Trump vowed to hold the line, telling reporters as he flew to Iraq that he’ll do […]

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Trump: ‘I can’t tell you when’ government will reopen

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 23:46:19 +0000

Trump: 'I can't tell you when' government will reopen

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that parts of the federal government will stay closed until Democrats agree to put up more walls along the U.S.-Mexico border to deter criminal elements.

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Open and closed: US gov’t shutdown’s varied impact on parks, tourists

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 22:58:38 +0000

A man stands on a pier with Alcatraz Island at rear in San Francisco, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. A partial federal shutdown has been put in motion because of gridlock in Congress over funding for President Donald Trump's Mexican border wall. The company that provides ferry services to Alcatraz Island kept its daytime tours but canceled its behind-the-scenes and night tours for Saturday. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The US government says other national parks “will remain as accessible as possible,” although some roads at Rocky Mountain National Park are closed as snow goes unplowed.

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US gov’t shutdown expected to drag into Christmas as talks continue

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 22:27:47 +0000

The Capitol is seen on the first morning of a partial government shutdown, as Democratic and Republican lawmakers are at a standoff with President Donald Trump on spending for his border wall, in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. A partial federal shutdown took hold early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting a wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The partial federal shutdown was expected to drag into Christmas as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders remained stuck in a standoff over his border wall with Mexico with no breakthrough Saturday.

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