BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt on chances a deal could be reached between Republican and Democratic lawmakers working on a border security agreement after an impasse that led to a 35-day partial government shutdown. ‘I don’t think they’re going to make a deal,’ Trump told reporters at the White House. Trump has threatened another shutdown or to declare a national emergency to secure money for his promised border wall if an agreement is not reached by a Feb. 15 deadline.”
–Reuters, “Trump Doubts Deal Possible by Border Security Committee,” The New York Times online, January 31, 2019