BORDER TROOPS MISSION EXTENDED, TRUMP DOUBLES-DOWN: The Pentagon on Monday extended the military's mission on the southern border by eight months amid the ongoing partial government shutdown as President Trump vowed to "never, ever back down" in his fight with Democrats over funding for a border wall ... In a statement, the Defense Department said Acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan had approved a Dec. 27 request from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to extend and expand the troops' role. There are currently roughly 2,350 active-duty troops currently supporting the border mission, down from a high of nearly 6,000 late last year.
The extension of the U.S. troops' mission at the border comes as new caravan of at least 500 migrants late Monday began its perilous journeyfrom Honduras to the U.S. border.
U.S. military support to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which was previously set to expire Jan. 31, is now slated to end on Sept. 30.
U.S. military support to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which was previously set to expire Jan. 31, is now slated to end on Sept. 30.
In an address Monday at the American Farm Bureau convention in New Orleans, Trump said there was “no substitute” for a physical barrier along the southern border with Mexico and accused Democrats of playing politics in their refusal to negotiate. However, new polling suggests the president is losing the battle of public opinion with the shutdown in its fourth week and hundreds of thousands of federal workers missing their first paychecks under the shutdown.
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