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Congress, White House talking, but no quick end to shutdown

By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KEVIN FREKING

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Congress gaveled open for a rare Saturday session days before Christmas as America's elected leaders partially shut down the government, unable to find a compromise over money for President Donald Trump's promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Trump is demanding $5 billion, but congressional Democrats are refusing to accede in a stalemate that provides a chaotic coda for Republicans in the waning days of their two-year reign controlling government.

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