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Rep. James Clyburn: No border-security negotiations until Trump ends shutdown

Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., walks to a closed Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

House Majority Whip James Clyburn said Sunday there would be no negotiations on border security until President Trump agrees to end the partial federal shutdown.

Rep. Adam B. Schiff, a California Democrat who has promised a wide investigation of President Trump as chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued a memo last year on the FBI's early-on investigation into Donald Trump's campaign. (Associated Press/File)

Bruce Ohr’s testimony on anti-Trump dossier at odds with Adam Schiff’s version 24 minutes ago

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Giuliani: Trump Tower Moscow talks likely lasted until end of campaign, Cohen ‘key guy’ on project

By Valerie Richardson and Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Co-presidents of the 2019 Women's March Linda Sarsour, center, and Tamika Mallory, right, march along with others demonstrators on Pennsylvania Av. during the Women's March in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. The Women's March returned to Washington on Saturday and found itself coping with an ideological split and an abbreviated route due to the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Top Democrats steer clear of Women’s March co-chairs at D.C. rally, march elsewhere

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June. 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. South Korea has stopped calling North Korea an &quot;enemy&quot; in its biennial defense document published Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 in an apparent effort to continue reconciliation with Pyongyang. The development comes as U.S. and North Korean leaders are looking to set up their second summit to defuse an international standoff over the North's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Ex-CIA official warns Trump: Don’t ‘get outplayed again’ by Kim Jong-un

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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Actor Alec Baldwin portrays President Donald Trump in the opening sketch of "Saturday Night Live" in New York, in this Feb. 4, 2017, file photo released by NBC. (Will Heath/NBC via AP) ** FILE **

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FILE - This Friday, July 27, 2018 file photo shows a blood moon lunar eclipse from the Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Starting Sunday evening, Jan. 20, 2019, all of North and South America will be able to see the only total lunar eclipse of 2019 from start to finish this weekend. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Women hold their hands as they lead a demonstration Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 in Paris. Several hundred people have demonstrated against abortion and euthanasia in Paris amid a debate on whether access to medically assisted reproduction should be expanded. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Co-presidents of the 2019 Women's March Linda Sarsour, center, and Tamika Mallory, right, march along with others demonstrators on Pennsylvania Av. during the Women's March in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. The Women's March returned to Washington on Saturday and found itself coping with an ideological split and an abbreviated route due to the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Vice President Mike Pence speaks at 2019 March for Life dinner in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Giuliani: Trump Tower Moscow talks likely lasted until end of campaign, Cohen ‘key guy’ on project

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FILE - In this June. 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. South Korea has stopped calling North Korea an &quot;enemy&quot; in its biennial defense document published Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 in an apparent effort to continue reconciliation with Pyongyang. The development comes as U.S. and North Korean leaders are looking to set up their second summit to defuse an international standoff over the North's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Ex-CIA official warns Trump: Don’t ‘get outplayed again’ by Kim Jong-un

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters in her first formal news conference since taking control of the House with the Democrats in the majority, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, the 20th day of a partial government shutdown. President Donald Trump threatened today to declare a national emergency to circumvent Pelosi and Congress if he can't reach a deal with Democrats to fund his promised border wall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Los Angeles Rams strong safety John Johnson (43) and team mates celebrate during overtime of the NFL football NFC championship game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Zuerlein’s 57-yard field goal sends Rams to Super Bowl

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FILE - In this March 25, 2017, file photo, Maryland head coach Brenda Frese shouts instructions during the second half of a regional semifinal game against Oregon in the NCAA women's college basketball tournament, in Bridgeport, Conn. Seems as if the three-time Big Ten women's basketball champions aren't ready to hand over the crown. With a team that has very little depth or experience, Maryland again stands along atop the conference.(AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) **FILE**

Maryland women outlast Penn State to get back on track

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Left Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) and Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews (19) battle for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo Nuccio DiNuzzo)

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Michael Cohen, former lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., walks to a closed Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Rep. James Clyburn: No border-security negotiations until Trump ends shutdown

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., meets with residents at the Pierce Street Coffee Works cafe', in Sioux City, Iowa, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Gillibrand is on a weekend visit to Iowa, after announcing that she is forming an exploratory committee to run for President of the United States in 2020. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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FILE - In this July 5, 2016, file photo, visitors pass outside the front of a replica Noah's Ark at the Ark Encounter theme park during a media preview day, in Williamstown, Ky. The AP reported Aug. 11, 2017, that an article claiming Christian fundamentalist Ken Ham wrote that atheists prayed for his ark attraction to fail is inaccurate. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2019 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of the State address in Albany, N.Y. The governors of Michigan, New York and Washington are asking the Trump administration to let states offer unemployment benefits to federal employees who are working without pay during the government shutdown that began nearly a month ago. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink File)

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