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The Department of Homeland Security entered a partial shutdown on February 14, turning Trump’s hardline governing style into a very real operational problem. The fight instantly raised questions about whether the White House was willing to freeze core security functions to make a political point, and whether the administration had the discipline to keep its own machinery running.
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The Department of Homeland Security entered a partial shutdown on February 14, turning Trump’s hardline governing style into a very real operational problem. The fight instantly raised questions about whether the White House was willing to freeze core security functions to make a political point, and whether the administration had the discipline to keep its own machinery running.
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The Department of Homeland Security entered a partial shutdown on February 14, turning Trump’s hardline governing style into a very real operational problem. The fight instantly raised questions about whether the White House was willing to freeze core security functions to make a political point, and whether the administration had the discipline to keep its own machinery running.
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