U.S. gov't partially closes amid impasse over border wall

The U.S. government faced a partial shutdown Saturday after Congress failed to approve a stopgap funding bill due to a dispute between Republicans and Democrats over President Donald Trump's demand that the bill contain funds for a wall on the border with Mexico.The shutdown is the first time in 40 years that the government has shuttered three times in a year, CNN reported.About 25 percent of the federal government ran out of funding and shut down, affecting agencies such as the departments of homeland security, commerce, justice and transportation, as well as national parks and forests.Con…READ FULL ARTICLE