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Developing now, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 - Martin Luther King Day: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
'WE WILL WIN BIG': With the partial government shutdown approaching the one-month mark, President Trump on Sunday night thanked federal workers facing another pay period without a paycheck and vowed to be victorious in the battle with Democrats over the border crisis ... "To all of the great people who are working so hard for your Country and not getting paid I say, THANK YOU - YOU ARE GREAT PATRIOTS!," Trump tweeted. "We must now work together, after decades of abuse, to finally fix the Humanitarian, Criminal & Drug Crisis at our Border. WE WILL WIN BIG!"
Both sides appear to be as far apart as ever on the battle for funding over the president's proposed border wall, despite Trump’s compromise offer Saturday. The president proposed temporarily extending protections for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for $5.7 billion for his border wall. But Democrats rejected the offer, saying it didn’t go nearly far enough. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to bring up legislation this week based on Trump's proposal. Democrats say there’s little chance the measure will reach the 60-vote threshold usually required to advance legislation in the Senate.

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CARAVAN MIGRANTS SEEK ASYLUM IN MEXICO: Thousands of Central American migrants, many of them from Honduras, are taking Mexico up on its offer of temporary asylum and work visas ...  Mexican immigration officials said Sunday that 3,691 people associated with various migrant caravans have registered for temporary status in the country, and the number is expected to grow as more people arrive at the border with Guatemala. Meanwhile, local officials in the southern town of Huixtla provided several buses to transport some of the more than 2,000 migrants on the next stage of their journey toward Tijuana. Others pressed on in blistering 90-degree heat.
STUDENT IN VIRAL 'CONFRONTATION' CLAIMS 'CHARACTER ASSASSINATION': A Kentucky high school student accusing of mocking a Native American protester in a viral video spoke out for the first time Sunday night and claimed the video does not show what really happened during the encounter ... Nick Sandmann, a junior at Covington Catholic High School, said he was "mortified" to find that so many people believe he and his classmate were taunting African-Americans and Native American protesters with racist chants during an encounter between protest groups on Saturday. "I did not do that, do not have hateful feelings in my heart and did not witness any of my classmates doing that," Sandmann said.
The students initially were accused of mocking a Native American participant in the Indigenous Peoples March, which coincided with the March for Life. A snippet of video from the apparent confrontation quickly gained traction on social media, with many condemning the students -- some of whom were wearing "Make America Great Again" apparel -- and other critics calling for the students to be identified and harassed.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington and the high school issued a joint statement apologizing to the activist, identified Saturday as Nathan Phillips. However, the emergence of longer video that appears to show some students being harassed prompted some conservatives to take back their earlier criticisms of the students.
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