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A day after President Donald Trump offered his plan to end the shutdown and fund a border wall in exchange for temporary protections for groups of immigrants, Democrats stood by their demand to reopen the government before negotiating about the border. Source: CNN

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) tells CNN’s Ana Cabrera he likes President Trump’s offer to Democrats in exchange for border wall funding, but thinks that his colleagues in Congress need “to be adults.” Source: CNN

President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani argued Sunday he did not know for sure if Trump spoke with Michael Cohen about his congressional testimony, but that it would not have been significant if Trump did. Source: CNN

President Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing to Dover Air Force base. Source: CNN

“If true” are two of the most dangerous words in journalism. They were spoken hundreds of times in the coverage of BuzzFeed’s potentially explosive report. Source: CNN

House Democrats are pushing forward with legislation to beef up security at the borders without funding for the wall demanded by President Donald Trump, a move bound to intensify the standoff over a partial government shutdown heading into its fifth week. Source: CNN

Nearly two years into Donald Trump’s presidency, the border wall that was a signature promise of his campaign hasn’t been built. Source: CNN

President Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing to Dover Air Force base. Source: CNN

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office is disputing a BuzzFeed report that President Donald Trump directed his then-personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the proposed Moscow Trump Tower project. Source: CNN

Justice Department attorneys are continuing to work on cases to seize land from property owners along the US-Mexico border, despite other cases being put on hold until the government reopens. Source: CNN