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The Capitol Dome is seen from the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, during a partial government shutdown. Chances look slim for ending the partial government shutdown any time soon. Lawmakers are away from Washington for the holidays and have been told they will get 24 hours' notice before having to return for a vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Shutdown to last into new year

The House and Senate returned to Washington Thursday but quickly gaveled out of session for the rest of the week, ensuring the partial government shutdown will extend into next week -- and likely into the new year.

December 27, 2018
A migrant jumps into the United States to San Diego, from Tijuana, Mexico, in front of a border patrol officer on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves into border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

DHS begs for help, orders full review after second migrant child’s death

Border officials begged for medical help from the Coast Guard and the Pentagon to screen illegal immigrants and asked both American and Mexican disease specialists to investigate a surge in sick migrants being caught at the border after another illegal immigrant child died in U.S. custody.

December 26, 2018
Bollard fencing uses poles 18 feet or taller lined side by side with small gaps in between. Those gaps are crucial for visibility into Mexico, Border Patrol agents say, giving them the chance to spot ambushes. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s border wall blocked by details

The $5 billion President Trump demanded for border wall construction would build 215 miles of new or replacement barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border, averaging a staggering $23.3 million per mile.

December 23, 2018
The Capitol is seen on the first morning of a partial government shutdown, as Democratic and Republican lawmakers are at a standoff with President Donald Trump on spending for his border wall, in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Government operations will be disrupted during the shutdown and hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be furloughed or forced to work without pay just days before Christmas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Donald Trump says shutdown ‘could be a long stay’

Prospects for a short end to the partial government shutdown seemed bleak Saturday morning, with the president warning of "a long stay" and no sign that the gap between him and Democratic leaders has narrowed.

December 22, 2018
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, the speaker-designate for the new Congress, talk to reporters as a revised spending bill is introduced in the House that includes $5 billion demanded by President Donald Trump for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, as Congress tries to avert a partial shutdown, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Congress fails to solve Trump border demand

Congress closed up shop Friday night without a deal to avert a government shutdown at midnight, becoming snared by President Trump's demands for new border wall money.

December 21, 2018
Honduran migrants cross the U.S. border wall to San Diego, California from Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, before turning themselves in to U.S. border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban

The Supreme Court issued an order Friday maintaining a blockade of President Trump's asylum crackdown, preserving the right of anyone who crosses the southern border to demand asylum -- even if they enter illegally.

December 21, 2018