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• The Latest: Exec: 4 on jet that crashed with no survivors

  20-12-2018 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the crash of a business jet in Atlanta (all times local):
  
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• PUBG Adds New Vikendi Snow Map On Mobile

  20-12-2018 23:35 via gamespot.com
  
  Hot on the heels of its release on PC, Vikendi has arrived in the mobile version of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. The new snow map is now available on both iOS and Android as a free update, and it comes alongside a handful of other new features.Unlike PUBG's other maps thus far, Vikendi is 6x6 km large, making it smaller than Erangel and Miramar--both of which are 8x8 km--but larger than the 4x4 Sanhok. Its defining feature is its snow-covered terrain, which encompasses mountains, open fields,
  
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• Drones paralyse British airport, grounding Christmas travellers

  20-12-2018 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain sent troops to its second-biggest airport after an unprecedented attempt to cripple Christmas travel with large drones forced all flights to be cancelled on Thursday.As thousands of passengers waited at Gatwick Airport, south of London, police hunted unsuccessfully for the operators of the large drones which reappeared near the airfield every time the airport tried to reopen the runway."We will be deploying the armed forces," Defence Minister Gavin Williamson told reporters.
  
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• New policy will force migrants seeking asylum to wait in Mexico — for years

  20-12-2018 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Effective immediately, Central American asylum-seekers at the southern border will be returned to Mexico for the duration of their immigration proceedings, a process that often takes several years.
  
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• Hawaiian Airlines to add no-frills basic economy tickets in 2019

  20-12-2018 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The airline said the no frills fares will debut in the second half of 2019. JetBlue has already announced plans for a basic economy fare in 2019.
  
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• Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Will Spend Christmas with the Queen at Sandringham Estate

  20-12-2018 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The couple stayed with Kate Middleton and Prince William at their nearby Anmer Hall home last year
  
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• Should You Play Borderlands 2 In VR?

  20-12-2018 23:07 via gamespot.com
  
  For all its mechanical issues, there is one very crucial reason why Skyrim, another major game that got an after-the-fact VR port, worked so well: It was breathtaking to be in that world. There were dragons and dangers and perils, naturally, but there was also peace, serenity, beauty, and an undeniable sense of grandiosity. These are all things that, unless you're specifically making a horror game, make a virtual experience worthwhile. The biggest problem, then, with porting Borderlands 2 to VR
  
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• Worst December for stocks since 1931 gets worse as rate hikes spook investors

  20-12-2018 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average was under pressure Thursday following the Federal Reserve's latest rate hike and plans for two more hikes in 2019.
  
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• Trump Insists on Border Spending as Shutdown Deadline Nears

  20-12-2018 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  “Any measure that funds the government must include border security, has to,” Trump said Thursday at the White House.Hours earlier, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin said the president told him and other Republican leaders he’ll refuse to sign the Senate’s version of a short-term spending bill because it doesn’t include funds he’s demanded for border security.
  
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• Trump pushing rule making work mandatory for food stamps

  20-12-2018 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  NO WORK, NO FOOD STAMPS: States that waived job requirements in the past won't be able to make exceptions if the proposal takes effect.
  
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• U.S. air campaign against Islamic State in Syria likely to end

  20-12-2018 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  NATO allies France and Germany said Washington's change of course on Syria risks damaging the fight against Islamic State, the militant group that had seized swathes of Iraq and Syria but has now been squeezed to a sliver of Syrian territory.Several of Trump's fellow Republicans in Congress, joined by opposition Democrats, urged the president to reverse course, saying the withdrawal would strengthen the hand of Russia and Iran in Syria and enable a resurgence of Islamic State.Trump, however, gav
  
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• House vote sends major criminal justice overhaul to Trump

  20-12-2018 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a wide-ranging criminal justice bill on Thursday that will reduce some of the harshest sentences for federal drug offenders and boost prison rehabilitation programs, handing President Donald Trump a legislative victory amid the turmoil over how to avoid a partial government shutdown.
  
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• Free Steam PC Game For A Limited Time: Lego The Lord Of The Rings

  20-12-2018 22:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Sure, you could peruse the Steam Winter Sale for big discounts on PC games. Or you could hop on over to the Humble Store and grab a copy of Lego The Lord of the Rings for free. All you need is a Humble account and a willingness to subscribe to the Humble newsletter (you can always unsubscribe later), and you can add it to your library. No other strings are attached. Get your copy here.The only problem is that the deal doesn't last long. It goes away December 22 at 10 AM PT (1 PM ET). It's also p
  
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• Trump move to pull US troops from Syria opens way to turmoil

  20-12-2018 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The United States' Kurdish allies had been gearing up for a new fight for weeks, digging trenches and defense tunnels in northeastern Syria in preparation for an offensive Turkey's president warned was imminent.
  
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• Homeland Security chief torched by Democratic lawmakers in heated congressional hearing

  20-12-2018 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic lawmakers torched DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday, blasted Trump's border security policies.
  
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• Christmas travel weather forecast: Stormy Friday, then mostly quiet except for Northwest

  20-12-2018 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The rain and storms that lashed the eastern U.S. on Thursday will continue to pelt portions of the East on Friday, leading to more travel troubles.
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks plunge again, Dow sinks 464 points

  20-12-2018 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Israeli forces kill Palestinian at West Bank roadblock, Palestinian health ministry

  20-12-2018 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said.The Israeli military, in a statement that made no mention of any casualties, said a vehicle broke through the roadblock and soldiers opened fire.It said it was investigating the incident, which occurred at night near the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
  
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• 16 Changes WWE's Raw And Smackdown Need To Make In This New Era

  20-12-2018 22:04 via gamespot.com
  
  WWE's programming has hit a slump. Viewership on its flagship show, Raw, is way down, and Seth Rollins even commented on the quality of the show recently. Although that was part of the storyline, Rollins was saying what fans of WWE programming have been saying for quite some time. WWE's non-NXT content had become stagnant and boring.On the December 17 episode of Raw, the entire McMahon family--sans Linda--came out to announce that there will be changes in WWE, and much like the announcement in
  
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• Obama delights sick children as Santa in Washington

  20-12-2018 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Former US president Barack Obama took on a new high-profile role as Father Christmas on Wednesday for a surprise visit to sick children in Washington.Sporting a festive Santa hat and armed with a sack of gifts, he delighted young patients at Children's National hospital with gifts and hugs."I just want to say thank you to all of you guys," Obama told staff, who greeted him with rapturous cheers, in a video he shared on his Twitter account.
  
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• The Latest: Russian envoy welcomes US troop pullout

  20-12-2018 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria (all times local):
  
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• An aquarium apologized for calling its sea otter 'thicc.' And she isn't even overweight

  20-12-2018 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  'Abby is a thicc girl,' the Monterey Bay Aquarium tweeted. That sparked backlash on Twitter, but it turns out the sea otter is an average weight.
  
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• Telltale's The Walking Dead Final Season Becomes Epic Store Exclusive

  20-12-2018 21:47 via gamespot.com
  
  Skybound Games has announced that the final two episodes of the PC version of Telltale's The Walking Dead: The Final Season will be exclusively available through the Epic Games Store. The PC version of the previous two episodes of the final season will also be added to the store.This does not apply to anyone who's already purchased the Season Pass for TWD: The Final Season. If you've purchased the Season Pass through another PC game store--such as Steam--then you will still get the last two epis
  
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• Facebook to Stop Accepting Campaign Ads in Washington State

  20-12-2018 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Facebook’s decision is also in response to one of the country’s most assertive campaign finance disclosure regulations for digital advertising, which will be enforced by Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission starting Jan. 1.“As we continue to address the Public Disclosure Commission’s new requirements going into effect in the New Year, we’re pausing state and local electoral ads in Washington state by the end of December,” Beth Gautier, a spokeswoman
  
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• Democrats Cry Foul on AG Nominee’s Call to Limit Mueller Probe

  20-12-2018 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Key Senate Democrats say the revelation might doom the nomination.William Barr, who Trump nominated this month to run the Justice Department, sent an unsolicited letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in June arguing that Special Counsel Robert Mueller shouldn’t be allowed to investigate and "interrogate" Trump for obstruction of justice.
  
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• House panel to give Trump ally Stone's transcript to Russia probe

  20-12-2018 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats who take control of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee next month have signaled they plan to send Special Counsel Robert Mueller the transcripts of testimony given under oath by some of Trump's closest associates so they can be reviewed for evidence and possible falsehoods.During the 2016 campaign, longtime Republican political operative Stone posted messages on Twitter implying that he had inside knowledge of data in the possession of hackers and WikiLeaks that w
  
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• Congress Holds Key to Rusal’s Fate as U.S. Moves to Lift Sanctions

  20-12-2018 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Congress has a month to decide whether to intervene to block the agreement announced Wednesday by the Treasury Department.Under the deal, Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska will remain under U.S. sanctions and his property will remain blocked, but the Treasury department will remove financial restrictions on Rusal, En+ Group Plc and EuroSibEnergo JSC.
  
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• How to Give Large Money Gifts for the Holidays

  20-12-2018 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  If you are feeling particularly generous toward your family members this year, you may decide to give them money gifts for the holidays. For wealthy families, giving money isn't just welcome; it ...
  
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• London Gatwick Turns to Army as Drones Ruin Holiday Getaway

  20-12-2018 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Gatwick Chief Executive Officer Stewart Wingate said the criminal intrusions involving two drones were “highly targeted” and designed to close the airport with maximum disruption in the run up to Christmas.With night falling and authorities apparently no closer to finding the perpetrators, U.K. Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that military assistance would be provided to help end the disruption, the worst at a London airport since blizzards closed the city’s main H
  
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• Matthew Whitaker, acting attorney general, cleared to oversee Robert Mueller's Russia probe

  20-12-2018 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is cleared by Justice Department ethics officers to oversee special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.
  
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• New Trump administration policy requires asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico, bans US entry

  20-12-2018 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. has long allowed asylum-seekers to remain here pending an immigration judge's decision on their application. They now must remain in Mexico.
  
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• US government shutdown looms at Christmas as Donald Trump demands $5 billion for border wall

  20-12-2018 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump on Thursday warned he is prepared to shut down the US government just before Christmas in a row with Democrats over paying for his proposed border wall. The US president declared he would not sign a temporary spending bill extending funding for key government departments because it did not contain money for the wall, his signature election campaign promise. Mr Trump's high-stakes decision, along with an interest rate hike, sent the US stock market tumbling. After meeting with the pr
  
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• For Honor Welcomes Assassin's Creed's Ezio To The Battlefield

  20-12-2018 20:56 via gamespot.com
  
  For Honor is mingling with another Ubisoft property, with a limited-time Assassin's Creed crossover event. The "For the Creed" event will run from December 20 to January 10 and will feature familiar Assassin's Creed characters with trappings of the animus.During the duration of the event, you can play a special 4v4 Dominion mode called "Assassini e Templari" in which you capture zones to lure out one of two commanders: Ezio Auditore da Firenze or Cesare Borgia. Defeating either commander gives y
  
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• Alabama police department blames crimes on rejection of God

  20-12-2018 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  OPP, Ala. (AP) — A rural Alabama police department that used social media to scold community members for rejecting God came under fire from a group that opposes mixing government and religious faith.
  
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• Trump’s Syria Decision ‘Rattled the World,’ Graham Says

  20-12-2018 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  “There’s growing bipartisan support to ask the president to reverse course and to have a conditions-based withdrawal,” said Graham, a South Carolina Republican and frequent Trump ally who is influential on foreign policy, at a bipartisan news conference.Graham said Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo told him such a withdrawal was premature."I think his entire national security team has expressed concerns about withdrawing now," Graham said, say
  
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• Israel begins destroying Hezbollah tunnels: army

  20-12-2018 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The Israeli army on Thursday night began destroying cross-border tunnels dug by Hezbollah, it said, more than two weeks after announcing their discovery on the frontier with Lebanon."The neutralisation and destruction phase of the cross-border attack tunnels... has begun," the army said in a statement.Since launching an operation to cut off the tunnels on December 4, the army says it has located four underground passageways infiltrating Israeli territory.
  
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• Private jet crash in Atlanta kills all aboard: officials

  20-12-2018 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The Cessna Citation 560 aircraft went down shortly after noon EST (1700 GMT) about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Fulton County Airport-Brown Field on the west side of Atlanta, from which it had just taken off, FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said by email.The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department said none of the plane's occupants survived.
  
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• Mom Arrested For Leaving Her Kids Found Home Alone Watching the Movie Home Alone

  20-12-2018 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  When life imitates art a little too much
  
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• Steam Winter Sale Is Live: Great PC Game Deals On Thousands Of Titles

  20-12-2018 20:04 via gamespot.com
  
  It's that time of year again, when Steam takes a large swath of the PC games in its massive library and drops prices. It's the Steam Winter Sale, and it's live between now and January 3. So if you could use some new games in your life and you're interested in saving money, check out what's on sale. There's a good chance you'll find something worth buying.But first some freebies. When you check in on Steam between now and January 3, you can click on the Extremely Cozy Cottage of Surprises to rece
  
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• Steam Winter Sale 2018 Is Now Live: Great PC Game Deals On Thousands Of Titles

  20-12-2018 20:04 via gamespot.com
  
  It's that time of year again, when Steam takes a large swath of the PC games in its massive library and drops prices. It's the Steam Winter Sale, and it's live between now and January 3. So if you could use some new games in your life and you're interested in saving money, check out what's on sale. There's a good chance you'll find something worth buying.But first some freebies. When you check in on Steam between now and January 3, you can click on the Extremely Cozy Cottage of Surprises to rece
  
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• VR Livestream with Ben and Chastity!

  20-12-2018 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  (Presented by Oculus) Ben and Chastity sit down, er, stand up to play Superhot VR, Robo Recall and I Expect You to Die on Oculus Rift!
  
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• Razer Announces Xbox One Wireless Mouse And Keyboard, Coming Next Year

  20-12-2018 19:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Razer has unveiled its newest wireless keyboard and mouse, which are specifically designed to work with Xbox One. Called Razer Turret, the mouse and keyboard set retails for $250 USD.There's nothing stopping you from using the Razer Turret on a PC, but the mouse and keyboard come with certain features that make it ideal for Xbox One. The Turret comes with both Razer Chroma and Xbox Dynamic Lighting, which pair up and cause the keyboard to light up in sync with the games you play. There's also an
  
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• New Black Ops 4 Patch Notes Detail Armor Changes, Weapon Camo Support For Blackout

  20-12-2018 19:25 via gamespot.com
  
  Following the release of Operation Absolute Zero on Xbox One and PC, Treyarch has rolled out another update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. This one focuses primarily on tweaking armor durability and repair in Blackout mode, but it also makes a handful of changes specific to the PC version of the game.As Treyarch detailed on Reddit, armor has been given an all-around nerf in Blackout mode. The durability of Level 2 and 3 armor has been reduced to match that of Level 1 armor, while the number of a
  
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• Oil prices tumble to lowest in a year as stock markets drop

  20-12-2018 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices fell more than 4 percent on Thursday, hitting their lowest in more than a year on worries about oversupply and the outlook for energy demand as a U.S. interest rate rise knocked stock markets. Brent crudefutures fell $2.35 to $54.89 a barrel, a 4.1 percent loss, by 1:01 p.m. EST (1801 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crudefutures dropped $2.01 to $46.16 a barrel, a 4.2 percent loss. Brent earlier hit a session low of $54.54 a barrel, the
  
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• Drones paralyze British airport, grounding Christmas travelers

  20-12-2018 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  As thousands of passengers waited at Gatwick Airport, south of London, police hunted unsuccessfully for the operators of the large drones which reappeared near the airfield every time the airport tried to reopen the runway."We are there to assist and do everything we can."By 1700 GMT, easyJet , the biggest operator at Gatwick, said it had canceled all flights on Thursday because it did not know when the runway would reopen.The airport said flights would remain shut down until further notice on a
  
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• The Best Action Adventure Games of 2018 By Score

  20-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The adventure of a lifetime!
  Do you like going on grand adventures? Do you like to jump over perilous obstacles, race against the clock, and test your instincts in the heat of battle? If you answered yes, my friend, it sounds like you are into action-adventure games!Less a specific genre than a broad category, action-adventure is a bit of a catch-all, but it definitely doesn't include games focused on puzzles, sports, or narrative alone. If you're after games that put twitch gameplay front and c
  
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• Game Of The Year 2018: Editor's Spotlight Awards

  20-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Our Personal Favorites From 2018.
  Though GameSpot's countdown of the top ten Best Games on 2018 is complete, with Red Dead Redemption 2 taking the number one spot, we've still got plenty to talk about for the year that was 2018. It was a particularly interesting time for gaming, offering up an impressive amount of indies, AAA titles, and remasters of classic games. Whether it was a massive open-world adventure game, or a more intimate puzzle-platformer that pulls on your heartstrings.Just like i
  
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• Israeli military begins sealing off cross-border tunnels from Lebanon

  20-12-2018 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The Israeli military on Thursday began to seal off four tunnels that it said had been dug by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah under the border from Lebanon.The work was being carried out on the Israeli side of the frontier demarcation, known as the "Blue Line", military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus told reporters.Israel says Hezbollah dug the tunnels with the aim of launching cross-border attacks with backing from its regional sponsor Iran.
  
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• Why the unloved Jaguar XJ-S V12 remains a great luxury buy

  20-12-2018 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Unloved when launched and abused on the second-hand market, Jaguar's XJ-S V12 has endured hard times. Here's why it makes perfect sense as a luxury classic GT
  
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• The internet roasts Trump for saying the wall will be made of 'artistically designed steel slats'

  20-12-2018 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  As of lunchtime Thursday, Capitol Hill was still in chaos over an impending government shutdown unless Trump abandons his demand for border wall funding.On Tuesday night, as all of this debate was really heating up, Trump dropped this pair of tweets over his demands for the wall and what, exactly, he envisioned it would look like.The Democrats, are saying loud and clear that they do not want to build a Concrete Wall - but we are not building a Concrete Wall, we are building artistically designed
  
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