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Of all the tumultuous tussles in Donald Trump’s Washington  — a government shutdown, abrupt staff departures, and the Russia probe — none perhaps was more bitter, yet more significant, in the long-run than the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Chances look slim for ending the partial government shutdown any time soon.

President Trump on Thursday pushed Democrats to support his demands for border security by claiming most of the workers affected by the partial government shutdown belong to their party.

Liberal Silicon Valley billionaire Reid Hoffman issued an apology on Wednesday for funding a group that falsely tried to give an impression the Russian government was supporting Alabama Republican Roy Moore in last year’s Senate election against now-Sen. Doug Jones.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived back in the United States early Thursday after making a surprise trip to Iraq to visit American forces stationed there.

President Trump made his second unannounced visit to U.S. troops abroad Wednesday, according to reports. On his way back from meeting troops in Iraq, Trump stopped at Ramstein Air Force Base for refueling and to see service members there.

 The deaths of two migrant children younger than 10 in just one month has led to orders for “more thorough” assessment by U.S. border authorities with how they care for the thousands of minors arriving as part of a surge of families trying to enter the country, according to reports.

President Donald Trump spent around three and a half hours on the ground in Iraq on his first visit to the troubled region.

President Trump and the first lady appeared in Iraq on Wednesday for a surprise visit with troops and senior military leadership at Al Asad Air Base, where he said he has “no plans at all” to remove any of the 5,000 U.S. troops from the country.