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In this Jan. 8, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security in Washington. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

AP FACT CHECK: Trump isn’t holed up nonstop at White House

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

FILE- In this Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, file photo seen from a window outside the Oval Office, President Donald Trump gives a prime-time address about border security at the White House in Washington. With the standoff over paying for his long-promised border wall dragging on, the president’s Oval Office address and visit to the Texas border over the past week failed to break the logjam and left aides and allies fearful that the president has misjudged Democratic resolve and is running out of negotiating options. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Analysis: Stagecraft won’t win shutdown battle for Trump

By CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump leads a roundtable discussion on border security with local leaders, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump’s weekend: New Russia questions, shutdown irritants

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

In this Jan. 11, 2019, photo, Vice President Mike Pence speaks to U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees at their headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pence’s pickle: How to bargain when no one speaks for Trump

By JILL COLVIN and LISA MASCARO and LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 9, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee, William Barr, meets with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Capitol Hill in Washington. As attorney general a quarter century ago, William Barr promoted more police and prisons to address violence ravaging American cities. He bemoaned a &quot;moral crisis” and rising secularism. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump AG pick poised to reclaim old job in a changed capital

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump leads a roundtable discussion on border security with local leaders, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP rejected Obama’s executive reach, but accepts Trump’s

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Bryan Manning, right, an Environmental Protection Agency employee, holds a sign at a rally to call for an end to the partial government shutdown in Detroit, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

House passes legislation to fund Interior Department, EPA, provide back pay for federal workers

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump gestures after arriving at McAllen International Airport for a visit to the southern border, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Government shutdown set to hit record length

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Migrants mainly from Mexico and Central America look on as U.S. President Donald Trump gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, watching from a border migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The Latest: Trump moves closer to emergency declaration

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., walks to a meeting with Senate Republicans at the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

GOP talks on broader border deal collapse

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Washington. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump stalks out of shutdown talks with Dems, says ‘bye-bye’

By CATHERINE LUCEY and LISA MASCARO and LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

The Washington skyline is seen on day 19 of a partial government shutdown on the morning after President Donald Trump used a prime-time TV address from the Oval Office to urge congressional Democrats to relent on their opposition to his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. From left are the Lincoln Memorial, the Washingtonton Monument, and the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: House passes bill to fund agencies amid shutdown

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President Donald Trump is seen on monitors in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, as he gives a prime-time address in the Oval Office, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s address about security on the US southern border

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Two people embrace on the U.S. side of the border, seen through the border wall Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, seen from along the beach in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Monday the White House is looking into the legality of declaring a national emergency to circumvent Congress and begin construction on President Donald Trump's long-promised Southern border wall. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Trump pleads on TV for wall money; Dems say he ‘stokes fear’

By CATHERINE LUCEY and JILL COLVIN and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, photo visitors to Great Smoky Mountain National Park drive through the park but facilities like the Sugarlands and Cades Cove visitor centers in Townsend, Tenn. Nonprofits, businesses and state governments nationwide are putting up money and volunteer hours in a battle to keep national parks safe and clean for visitors as the partial U.S. government shutdown lingers. (Robert Berlin/The Daily Times via AP)

The Latest: McConnell says Trump’s border plan suits reality

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., walk from the West Wing to speak to reporters after meeting with President Donald Trump about border security in the Situation Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Facing pressure, networks fact-check Trump speech

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech to MPs of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. Erdogan said Turkey's preparations for a new military offensive against terror groups in Syria are &quot;to a large extent&quot; complete. Erdogan made the comments just hours after U.S. national security adviser John Bolton met with Turkish officials seeking assurances that Turkey won't attack U.S-allied Kurdish militia in Syria. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

The Latest: Russian MPs patrolling near Kurd-held Manbij

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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House after meeting with lawmakers about border security, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Donald Trump’s border stance an inspiration, no matter what polls say

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, left, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and Vice President Mike Pence, talk as they walk down the steps of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mike Pence calls on Democrats to come back to negotiating table on shutdown

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this June 21, 2017, file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller departs after a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

White House may shield parts of Mueller report from public, Congress: Report

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times