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Trump closer to declaring emergency; 800,000 won’t get paid

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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is edging closer to declaring a national emergency to fund his long-promised border wall, as pressure mounts to find an escape hatch from the three-week impasse that has closed parts of the government, leaving hundreds of thousands of workers without pay.

Some 800,000 workers, …