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White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump doubts negotiators will strike budget deal he’d accept

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mick Mulvaney: ‘We hope’ federal employees will get back pay by end of week

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Trump is prepared to orchestrate another shutdown or declare a national emergency to secure funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall if Congress can't strike a security deal by the new funding deadline of Feb. 15, the White House chief of staff says. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump vows shutdown or national emergency if border funding fails

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Hispanic pastors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump sets odds of reaching deal on wall at less than 50-50

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump's acting-Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney arrives for a House Republican strategy meeting with Vice President Mike Pence ahead of President Donald Trump's speech on funding a wall on the US-Mexico border, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mick Mulvaney says Donald Trump will secure border ‘with or without Congress’

The Washington Times

White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mick Mulvaney expects government shutdown to ‘drag on a lot longer’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

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

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)

White House: Trump would accept less money for border wall

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Brett McGurk, U.S. envoy for the global coalition against IS, speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mick Mulvaney ‘never heard of’ Brett McGurk before resignation

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 11, 2018, file photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. The White House on Sunday, Dec. 16, pushed the federal government closer to the brink of a partial shutdown later this week, digging in on its demand for $5 billion to build a border wall as congressional Democrats stood firm against it. Democratic congressional leaders, Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, have proposed no more than $1.6 billion, as outlined in a bipartisan Senate bill. The money would not go for the wall but for fencing upgrades and other border security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Mick Mulvaney says Chuck Schumer given border wall counter-offer

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Consumer financial watchdog abandons name change plan

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

President Trump surprised his advisers Friday when he tweeted that Mick Mulvaney would be chief of staff. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump announces Mick Mulvaney on Twitter as acting chief of staff

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 22, 2018, file photo, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks in the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump has named Mulvaney as his new chief of staff. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Loyalty among attributes Mulvaney brings to White House job

By JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN LEMIRE and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this July 11, 2018, photo, Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and Director of the Office of Management, listens during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Mick Mulvaney tapped as Trump’s acting chief of staff

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with newly elected governors in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Budget head Mulvaney picked as Trump’s next chief of staff

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

New Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection director Kathy Kraninger pauses as she speaks to media at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection offices in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

New head of watchdog agency vows consumers will be top focus

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

In this July 19, 2018, file photo, Kathleen Kraninger, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on her confirmation on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ms. Kraninger won final Senate approval on Dec. 6, 2018, by a 50-49 vote. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

Senate approves Trump’s chief for key consumer watchdog agency

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Budget director Mick Mulvaney says Medicare, Social Security can be cut without eliminating benefits

By Gabriella Muñoz and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

US consumer agency chief in Louisiana to discuss elder abuse

Associated Press

Kathleen Kraninger, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on her confirmation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Trump’s pick to run consumer watchdog faces skeptical Senate

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press