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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, right, arrives to speak to reporters about the possibility of a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Congress and President Donald Trump continue to bicker over his demand that lawmakers fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate approves bill to keep government running into 2019

By LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

Support for the USMCA Agreement Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Why Democrats should support free trade with Mexico and Canada

By Peter Morici

FILE - In this July 8, 2017 file photo, a woman with the World Wildlife Fund carries a paper mache replica of the critically endangered porpoise known as the &quot;vaquita marina&quot; during an event in front of the National Palace calling on the government to take additional steps to protect the world's smallest marine mammal, in Mexico City. The vaquita is the world’s smallest and most endangered porpoise, and lives only in the Gulf, also known as the Sea of Cortez. Experts say as few as 15 of the marine mammals remain in the wild, and none have ever been held in captivity. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Scientists lobby Mexico president over endangered porpoise

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

Mexican president wants US to grant more work visas

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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, right, speaks with New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, left, prior to signing an agreement to a cross-border plan with Mexico to provide natural gas to Asia. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, at the Capitol in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Governors agree to study sending gas to Asia through Mexico

By ANITA SNOW - Associated Press

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway speaks during a media interview in the White House Press Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Senate approves stopgap spending bill

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US pledges $10.6B aid for Central America, southern Mexico

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meets with Democratic leaders the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Dems shun wall money from other parts of budget

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Newly inaugurated President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waxed poetic about the plan to provide jobs so people won't have to emigrate. "I have a dream that I want to see become a reality ... that nobody will want to go work in the United States anymore," he said. (Associated Press)

U.S. pledges $10 billion to boost Central America and Mexico, curb migration

By Mark Stevenson - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, photo, provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigrants walk into a building at South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Currently housing 1,520 mothers and their children, about 10 percent are families who were temporarily separated and then reunited under a “zero tolerance policy” that has since been reversed. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Illegal immigrant children set for release by Christmas after U.S. waives fingerprint check

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, right, arrives to speak to reporters about the possibility of a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Congress and President Donald Trump continue to bicker over his demand that lawmakers fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Shutdown threat recedes as Trump softens stance

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In this Dec. 11, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump meets with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s distorted reality in expanding probes

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Claudia Maquin, 27, shows a photo of her daughter, Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin in Raxruha, Guatemala, on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. The 7-year-old girl died in a Texas hospital, two days after being taken into custody by border patrol agents in a remote stretch of New Mexico desert. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

Jakelin Caal death sparks debate on blame

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Smuggler for Mexican drug cartel pleads guilty in Florida

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In this Dec. 11, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump meets with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump floats fictions about the border

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 4, 2016, file photo, a U.S. Border Patrol agent patrols Sunland Park along the U.S.-Mexico border next to Ciudad Juarez. A 7-year-old girl who had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her father died after being taken into the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol, federal immigration authorities confirmed Thursday, Dec. 13. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)

Death of 7-year-old on border raises questions

By COLLEEN LONG and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Trump, new Mexican president discuss migration but not wall

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In this Oct. 23, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks following a ceremony signing the &quot;America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018&quot; into law in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Donald Trump: Through USMCA, ‘Mexico is paying for the wall’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 23, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks following a ceremony signing the &quot;America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018&quot; into law in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump’s 10 ‘Terrorists’: The evolution of a statistic

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California holds a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. Pelosi has all but ensured she will become House speaker next month, quelling a revolt by disgruntled younger Democrats by agreeing to limit her tenure to no more than four additional years in the chamber's top post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

No. 2 House Republican: Gov’t shutdown ‘stupid’, may happen

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press