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NEW: With the government shutdown stretching well into its second week, there has been no meeting scheduled before the new year between President Trump and Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, White House and Senate officials tell ABC News https://abcn.ws/2CIq1hV pic.twitter.com/Ft7f5Se2MU

Retired four-star Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal criticizes President Trump's behavior and handling of the presidency, saying the commander-in-chief is dishonest and immoral https://abcn.ws/2CFMrAt pic.twitter.com/mGZpGXsc3b

Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Kevin McAleenan tells @MarthaRaddatz that the United States needs to “invest in Central America,” which is at odds with a tweet from President Trump saying he would cut off aid to those countries https://abcn.ws/2EWWEtC pic.twitter.com/arWjRDAJ4F

A year of disruption: The Trump presidency's top five pivotal moments of 2018. https://abcn.ws/2EV49RT pic.twitter.com/9jGckiL1rp

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on government shutdown negotiations: "What Donald Trump and the Republicans want to do is waste $5 billion in tax payer money on an ineffective, medieval border wall that is a 5th century solution to a 21st century problem" https://abcn.ws/2EXf1Pd pic.twitter.com/dSaYQcRiz6

CBP commissioner Kevin McAleenan on new border wall built since President Trump took office: "In the president's first budget we got about $300 million to start building new wall for the first time in years. We built 35 out of those 40 miles already" https://abcn.ws/2EWEybp pic.twitter.com/A0umzIBqti

As the U.S. federal government shutdown enters its second week, the U.S. Coast Guard said late Friday it will be able to provide 42,000 active duty service members a one-time emergency payment on Dec. 31. https://abcn.ws/2CH1JVC pic.twitter.com/6s5DMtNbcs

California Gov. Jerry Brown is leaving office January 7, after signing more than 1,000 laws in his last year, further positioning the state as a bastion of liberal activism and goad to Pres. Trump. https://abcn.ws/2EUhz0A pic.twitter.com/ahBmRvVJ51

Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal says if asked, he wouldn't join the Trump administration because "it's important for me to work for people" who are "basically honest." @MarthaRaddatz: "Is Trump immoral in your view?" McChrystal: "I think he is." https://abcn.ws/2EWDPqC pic.twitter.com/WrHhuf1TpQ

.@MarthaRaddatz: Does the federal government bear any responsibility for the deaths of migrant children? Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Kevin McAleenan: "I think this is a multi-faceted problem that requires a multi-faceted solution" https://abcn.ws/2CFLJmN pic.twitter.com/nPKr8pY9wE

Sizing up the Mueller investigation as the calendar year comes to a close: https://abcn.ws/2CGUPQ3 pic.twitter.com/sfzWlygYHy

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says the deaths of two migrant children in U.S. custody is "unacceptable, un-American, and unconscionable, and we need to do better." "The Trump administration bears blame to the extent that the buck stops at the top," he adds https://abcn.ws/2EVzofE pic.twitter.com/AQVSeqNhAj

Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Kevin McAleenan says the deaths of two migrant children are "just absolutely devastating for us on every level." "Our agents did everything they could ... to save their lives," he adds https://abcn.ws/2CH0mGs pic.twitter.com/ttlI291BMc

Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Kevin McAleenan tells @MarthaRaddatz that the United States needs to “invest in Central America,” which is at odds with a tweet from President Trump saying he would cut off aid to those countries https://abcn.ws/2CFkbhb pic.twitter.com/2e72suVsjs

Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal says he doesn't believe ISIS has been defeated. "ISIS is an idea and as long as the fertile ground exists, the causes that cause people to flock to a movement as extreme as ISIS exist, you're going to have it flare back up" http://abcn.ws/2QcxDwO pic.twitter.com/qFMm6Gb1YZ

Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal on withdrawing US troops from Syria: "Russia's back and they're back in an influential way. Iran has increased influence across the region now. If you pull American influence out you're likely to have greater instability" http://abcn.ws/2QcxDwO pic.twitter.com/3k5gH3m3ec

NEW: Retired four-star Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal criticizes President Trump's behavior while visiting US troops in Iraq, saying, "you don't use that as a time to tout your politics" but as a time "to reassure them that what they're doing is appreciated" http://abcn.ws/2QcxDwO pic.twitter.com/PRPaLeYMtn

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on government shutdown negotiations: "What Donald Trump and the Republicans want to do is waste $5 billion in tax payer money on an ineffective, medieval border wall that is a 5th century solution to a 21st century problem" https://abcn.ws/2SnTVgF  #ThisWeekpic.twitter.com/BlngF2okUJ