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One year on, Trump leads divided US into government shutdown

President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump marked the first anniversary of his inauguration yesterday with his government in shutdown, accusing Democrats of taking Americans hostage with their demands and putting immigrants ahead of the nation's military.

As the clock struck midnight, in the absence of an agreed spending plan, federal services began to come to a halt or be scaled back.

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