President Donald Trump is stuck between a rock and a hard place, forced to balance the government shutdown-linked delay of promised emergency aid for American farmers with continued efforts to prop up a political ally in Latin America.

The 20-day U.S. federal government shutdown is likely to end this week, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Monday.

The Trump administration has ordered government employees not to take or share photographs of construction work happening at the White House.

A part of White House building has been demolished amid the U.S. government shutdown going on for the last 20 days and there’s no end in sight as the Senate has failed for the 11th time

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has built up an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off the coast of Venezuela since this summer, when the Trump administration first began to shift assets to the region as part of its so-called war against narcoterrorism.

By Ahmed Aboulenein, Andy Sullivan, Nathan Layne and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Friday that it had begun substantial layoffs across the U.S. government, as President Donald Trump followed through on a threat to cut the federal workforce during the government shutdown.

As the shutdown entered its fifth day on Sunday, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNN’s programme State of the Union that he believed there was still a chance Democrats would yield and avoid what could become a costly political and economic crisis.