WASHINGTON -- Calls to the White House switchboard during this Christmas holiday are greeted by the following message:
"We apologize, but due to the lapse in federal funding we are unable to take your call. Once funding has been restored, our operations will resume. Please call back at that time."
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"I am all alone (poor me) in the White House," President Trump tweeted at lunchtime Monday, urging Democrats to return to town to negotiate with him.