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WASHINGTON (AP) — White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney is instructing agencies "to execute plans for an orderly shutdown" when government funding lapses at midnight. The partial government shutdown is expected after President Donald Trump wasn't able to agree with Democrats and Republicans in Congress over funding for his border wall with Mexico. Mulvaney says in a memo for government executives that "we are hopeful that this lapse in appropriations will be of short duration."
NEW YORK (AP) — It's beginning to look a lot like this could be the worst December for stocks since 1931. Wall Street has had its worst week in more than seven years. The Dow sank 414 on Friday. All of the major indexes have lost 16 to 26 percent from their highs this summer and fall. Investor concerns include the China trade dispute, slowdowns in China and Europe and dysfunction in Washington.
LONDON (AP) — UK police say two people have been arrested for suspected "criminal use of drones" in the Gatwick Airport case. Police haven't released the age or gender of the suspects or said where the arrests were made.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The extraordinary resignation letter that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis handed to a surprised President Donald Trump was not just a product of two years of accumulating frustration with his boss. It also pointed to strategic hazards facing Mattis' successor, including frayed ties with allies and doubts about U.S. reliability as a security partner.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan generals are warning the U.S. plan to withdraw half its troops from Afghanistan would be a blow to the morale of the country's security forces who come under daily attacks from insurgents. A Taliban official says the promised departure could help the peace process because it could "lead to trust building that the U.S. wants a political solution." The announcement is also expected to complicate peace talks, weakening the Kabul government and putting the Taliban in the driver's seat.
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