GOVERNMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will stay in Washington amid the government shutdown, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Saturday..The Senate adjourned Saturday [12-22-18] afternoon with no solution to the partial government shutdown and no plans to reconvene until Dec. 27. The White House had twice canceled Trump’s planned departure to his Mar-a-Lago resort, two White House aides confirmed, as Washington plunged into a partial government shutdown and officials continued negotiating to reach a compromise. The White House had signaled in an email to staff obtained by POLITICO on Friday [12-21-18] that the president might depart at noon on Saturday — a day later than originally intended — but officials scuttled that plan when it became clear a quick solution to reopen the government was not in sights. Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, and his son, Barron Trump, had taken off on their own for the Winter White House on Friday. They will now return to the White House.”
–Andrew Restuccia and Eliana Johnson, “Trump to stay in Washington amid shutdown,” Politico, December 21, 2018 11:42 am