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Trump signals no end to shutdown
'You have to have a wall'
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Jekabs Vidzis, 8, left, and his brother Margers, 6, visit the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington Tuesday. Donations to the National Park Service have allowed the National Christmas Tree to be open during the partial government shutdown. - photo by Associated Press
: 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.
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