Headline Roundup • December 20th, 2018
Trump Rejects Spending Bill, Heightening Risk of Government Shutdown
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President Trump said he will not sign the temporary spending bill passed by the Senate as it does not include funding for a border wall, increasing the risk of a partial government shutdown.
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Trump demands wall funding, increasing threat of U.S. government shutdown

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said border security must be part of legislation to fund the U.S. government, a position that raises the threat of a partial federal shutdown on Saturday.
President Trump Will Win The Shutdown Showdown
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The Democrats aren’t going to get away with holding the federal government hostage to their radical open-borders agenda. Not again.
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