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Alcatraz Island is shown behind a locks attached to a pier fence in San Francisco, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. A partial federal shutdown has been put in motion because of gridlock in Congress over funding for President Donald Trump's Mexican border wall. The company that provides ferry services to Alcatraz Island kept its daytime tours but canceled behind-the-scenes and night tours. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The Latest: GOP, Democrats trade blame as shutdown drags on

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A statue of Benjamin Franklin is seen in an empty corridor outside the Senate at the Capitol 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)

GOP and Democrats trade blame for shutdown, no deal in sight

By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

This Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018 image from a surveillance camera video and provided by the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department shows a suspect police are searching for in connection to the fatal shooting of an officer during a traffic stop in Northern California. (Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department via AP)

The Latest: Community vigil honors slain California officer

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3 more charged in kidnappings tied to sect, victims located

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FILE - In this July 11, 2017 file photo, Pemex security employees inspect an illegal tap into a state-owned pipeline in the middle of a cornfield in San Bartolome Hueyapan, Tepeaca, Mexico. The theft of $3 billion in fuel every year from Mexico’s state-run fuel depots and pipelines is an inside job, the country’s new president said Thursday, dec. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Mexico’s new president: Fuel theft an inside job

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President Donald Trump greets members of the five branches of the military by video conference on Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, in the Oval Office of the White House. The military members were stationed in Guam, Qatar, Alaska, and two groups in Bahrain. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Donald Trump: Government stays closed as long as Dems reject wall

By Darlene Superville and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

According to indications, the sun will set on the White House many times before President Trump and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer reach an agreement on funding for a border fence. (Associated Press/File)

Trump: ‘Nothing new on the shutdown’ on Day 3 of closure

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this Dec. 11, 2018 file photo, Irineo Mujica, activist with &quot;Pueblo Sin Fronteras,&quot; or People Without Borders, center, is accompanied by an unidentified man as he enters the U.S. consulate during a demonstration by Central American migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. The activist group that escorted thousands of Central Americans to the U.S. border is under fire from allies and some of the migrants themselves. They say the organization downplayed the dangers of the trek and misled them about how long they would have to wait around to apply for asylum. Pueblo Sin Fronteras, or People Without Borders, is defending itself, saying the migrants made their own decision to press on toward the United States. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Pueblo Sin Fronteras, group that escorts migrant caravans to U.S. border, draws scrutiny

By Elliot Spagat and Julie Watson - Associated Press

The moon rises behind the North Portico of the White House, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, in Washington. The partial federal shutdown was expected to drag into Christmas as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders remained stuck in a standoff over the border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Dems would OK money for border security, no wall

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The moon rises behind the North Portico of the White House, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, in Washington. The partial federal shutdown was expected to drag into Christmas as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders remained stuck in a standoff over the border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House: Trump would accept less money for border wall

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2018 file photo, migrant activist Irineo Mujica, center, of the group Pueblo Sin Fronteras or People Without Borders, holds a megaphone as a Central American migrant speak to reporters during a press conference in Tapachula, Mexico. The activist group that escorted thousands of Central Americans to the U.S. border is under fire from allies and some of the migrants themselves. They say the organization downplayed the dangers of the trek and misled them about how long they would have to wait around to apply for asylum. Pueblo Sin Fronteras, or People Without Borders, is defending itself, saying the migrants made their own decision to press on toward the United States. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Group that escorts migrant caravans draws more scrutiny

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

President Donald Trump makes a statement on the possible government shutdown before signing criminal just reform legislation in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s ‘record’ poverty drop, Flynn’s lies

By HOPE YEN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen past the base of the Washington Monument just before sunrise in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced a partial government shutdown early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting a border wall with Mexico. Overall, more than 800,000 federal employees would see their jobs disrupted, including more than half who would be forced to continue working without pay. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Partial government shutdown likely to extend past Christmas

By LISA MASCARO and DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, second from right, walks with incoming White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, center, and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, second from left, after meetings to pass a bill that would pay for President Donald Trump's border wall and avert a partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Partial shutdown likely to extend past Christmas

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A Honduran migrant, left, talks with a Border Patrol agent as he tries to cross over the U.S. border wall to San Diego, California, from Playas in in Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Mexico appears willing but unready to hold US refugees

By MARKO ALVAREZ and MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

En route to a meeting at the White House, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, walks with Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, as work continues prior to a Friday night funding deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. Trump is imploring McConnell to change the Senate's rules in order to pass the spending bill with money for a border wall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Dems blame Trump’s “temper tantrum” for shutdown

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The Capitol is seen under early morning gray skies in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. The Senate approved legislation to temporarily fund the government late last night, a key step toward averting a federal shutdown after President Donald Trump backed off his demand for money for a border wall with Mexico. The House is expected to vote before Friday's deadline, when funding for a portion of the government expires. Without resolution, more than 800,000 federal workers would face furloughs or be forced to work without pay, disrupting government operations days before Christmas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: House approves wall funding as shutdown nears

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In this Oct. 26, 2018, file photo U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen speaks in front of a newly fortified border wall structure in Calexico, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

DHS to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico in attempt to end ‘catch-and-release’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 8, 2018 photo, nanny Viviana Lopez, 38, left her 3-year-old charge Teo onto a bounce house, during his birthday party, in Naucalpan, Mexico. Lopez lives with Teo's family of four in Mexico City, taking every other weekend off. (AP Photo/Anthony Vazquez)

After ruling, hit film, Mexico reconsiders domestic workers

By AMY GUTHRIE - Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US says migrants will wait in Mexico after claiming asylum

By COLLEEN LONG and MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press