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President Trump's base still wants a wall or barrier on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, but their support for the shutdown had slowly eroded as the impasse between Mr. Trump and congressional Democrats lasted for a record 35 days. (Associated Press)

Trump’s shutdown, tariffs ding economy

The government shutdown sapped the economy of $3 billion last year and another $8 billion this month, the Congressional Budget Office calculated Monday, putting a hard dollar total to the monthlong standoff.

January 28, 2019
In this Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, photo pedestrians pass a makeshift encampment where migrants seeking asylum wait in Matamoros, Mexico, on a bridge connecting the U.S. and Mexico. The latest proposal President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans made to fund the border wall includes provisions that would be far more consequential than the wall, by making the already difficult task of winning asylum even harder. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

White House says no deal without border wall money

As Senate leaders began a new round of negotiations to end the government shutdown Thursday, President Trump said any deal must include at least symbolic money for his border-wall plans.

January 24, 2019
This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I., as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith) ** FILE **

Census Bureau focus groups find Americans fear citizenship question

Members of key minority communities are convinced that the government wants to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census in order to find and deport illegal immigrants, according to a Census Bureau report that shows the hurdles the administration faces.

January 24, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., responds to reporters after officially postponing President Donald Trump's State of the Union address until the government is fully reopened, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. The California Democrat told Trump in a letter Wednesday the Democratic-controlled House won't pass the required measure for him to give the nationally televised speech from the House floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi revokes Trump invitation for State of the Union

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she will refuse to allow President Trump to deliver his State of the Union address at the Capitol next week, sending the White House scrambling for other options -- and dragging the shutdown showdown to "petty" new depths.

January 23, 2019
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters following a weekly policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Shutdown showdown votes slated for Thursday

Senate leaders scheduled a showdown on a pair of shutdown votes for Thursday, in what will be the first test of whether President Trump or Democrats have a stronger hand in the negotiations.

January 22, 2019