Federal shutdown begins after lawmakers fail to reach deal

But further negotiations scheduled for Saturday

Vice President Mike Pence, second from right, walks with incoming White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, center, and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, second from left, after meetings that failed to avoid a partial federal shutdown that took hold early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting the Mexican border wall. - photo by Associated Press

trump wall 2.jpg — Vice President Mike Pence, second from right, walks with incoming White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, center, and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, second from left, after meetings that failed to avoid a partial federal shutdown that took hold early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting the Mexican border wall. - photo by Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A partial federal shutdown took hold early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting his cherished Mexican border wall, a chaotic postscript for Republicans in the waning days of their two-year reign controlling government.

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