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Order signed for US military’s controversial Syria exit
Both US politicians and international allies fear the withdrawal is premature and would further destabilise the already devastated region
US govt lurches to shutdown as Trump, Democrats spar over wall
Fears of a shutdown — which could send thousands of federal employees home without pay just before Christmas — helped send US stocks tumbling
Trump says doesn’t want to hear ‘suffering’ Khashoggi tape
Trump says he has been fully briefed on an audio recording of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder but does not want to listen to it himself
US Army unfurls miles of fencing along border with Mexico
The military deployment is set to wrap up December 15 and it is not clear what will become of the wire fencing