Why is Washington still at a standstill over border security and government funding? After trying to negotiate a bipartisan deal for weeks, President Donald Trump asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer if they would follow through on border security funding if the rest of the government was reopened, and they said, “no.”
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