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Trump signed the government funding bill, then announced a national emergency to try to wring more border-wall money out of the executive branch than Congress had agreed to give him. The move kept the government open, but it also invited immediate legal challenges and fresh accusations that he was bypassing lawmakers after losing the budget fight.
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Trump signed the government funding bill, then announced a national emergency to try to wring more border-wall money out of the executive branch than Congress had agreed to give him. The move kept the government open, but it also invited immediate legal challenges and fresh accusations that he was bypassing lawmakers after losing the budget fight.
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Trump signed the government funding bill, then announced a national emergency to try to wring more border-wall money out of the executive branch than Congress had agreed to give him. The move kept the government open, but it also invited immediate legal challenges and fresh accusations that he was bypassing lawmakers after losing the budget fight.
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