The Congress and President Trump failed to reach a deal over funding last night, which has resulted in a partial shutdown of the federal government. One major sticking point, as has been anticipated, is the president's insistence that the funding include money for construction of a wall on the southern border.
Read more at NBC News, CBS News, CNN and Politico.
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In other stuff:
From Voice Of Europe, a five-member Germany family receives a smaller amount in benefits than a migrant family of four.
From Deutsche Welle, Tübingen will become the first town in Germany to tax to-go coffee cups and pizza boxes.
From SwissInfo, a recap of the past week's stories involving numbers.
From VRT NWS, "Hi-Viz" protesters gather near VRT's own building. (The "Hi-Viz" are Belgium's version of the "yellow vest" protesters, first appearing in France.)
From France24, meanwhile in France, the "yellow vest" turnout in Paris appears to have decreased.
From RFI, the Strasbourg Christmas market gunman reported had pledged allegiance to ISIS.
From the Express, a couple from Crawley, England have been arrested in connection with the drone sightings around Gatwick Airport.
From the Evening Standard, the 30th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing is marked by a "walk for peace".
From the Daily Mail, U.K. MP Michael Gove will recruit a military planner in the event that a no-deal Brexit causes a food shortage.
From the Irish Examiner, hundreds of "yellow vest" protesters march in Dublin. (Not only has this movement spread to Ireland, but the Irish version has their own Twitter account.)
From CBC News, a regulator in British Columbia attributes quakes near Fort St. John to fracking.
From The Portugal News, Portugal admits 33 refugees from Syria and South Sudan.
From the Malta Independent, Maltese customs officials make yet another drug bust.
From Total Croatia News, most Croats appear to be against converting to the Euro. (The Croatian monetary unit is the Kuna, which means "fox" in their language.)
From Ekathimerini, Greek police bust a ring importing chemicals intended to contaminate fuel.
From the Greek Reporter, 22 bishops in Macedonia denounce the FYROM name deal, and the U.N. supports Greece's call to have marble statues from the Parthenon returned.
From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian cabinet and USAID sign an agreement about persecuted Christians.
From Hungary Today, the Hungarian government joins a Polish humanitarian effort in Syria.
From Radio Praha, one Polish miner who suffered injuries from the methane explosion in a mine near Karviná remains in critical condition.
From Radio Poland, talks about "Fort Trump" appear to be "going well".
From Russia Today, a blaze has trapped nine miners in a mine near Solikamsk, in Russia's Ural Mountains.
From Arutz Sheva, Palestinian rioters engage in some cultural appropriation.
From The Jerusalem Post, an unpublished manuscript written by Elie Wiesel has been discovered.
From Dawn, in Islamabad, Pakistan, a man climbs a tower, demands to be made prime minister, and threatens suicide.
From The Express Tribune, according to Pakistan's foreign minister, the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan will lead to peace.
From Khaama Press, Afghan troops eliminate 54 anti-government militants. (Normally, I use the word "terrorists" where an article says "militants" when such people are members of groups like the Taliban or ISIS, and thus deserve the former term. In such cases, I regard the latter as a euphemism. However, this article does not indicate that all the noted fighters were members of terrorist groups, so I'll call them "militants" as the article does.)
From the Straits Times, according to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, his country's schools should spend less time on Islamic subjects.
From Breitbart, Britain's first report on Islamophobia may have been unduly influenced by a group tied to extremists.
From Gatestone Institute, Germany's highest court declares a law against child marriage unconstitutional.
From Townhall, an illegal alien gang member, already deported 10 times, is arrested in Arizona. (I've entertained the idea that for repeat deportees, the deportation should take place farther south each time. Hopefully, the offender will get through his thick skull that America doesn't want him around, before we're dropping him off in Antarctica. For anyone who would ask, "What about Canadians or people who enter from the north?", I think that Greenland or Canada's Ellesmere Island might provide a similar deterrent.)
From American Thinker, a look at a Kamala Harris presidency.
From The Daily Caller, here's one thing that the partial shutdown won't affect.
And from Twitchy, despite the success of the #TrumpResign hashtag, Trump has not resigned.
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