Updated at 4:15 p.m. ET
President Trump abruptly halted spending talks at the White House on Wednesday, after congressional Democrats again rejected his demand for a $5.7 billion border wall.
On Twitter, Trump dismissed the negotiations as a “total waste of time,” as a partial government shutdown stretched into its 19th day. He added, “I said bye-bye, nothing else works!”
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