**On the roster: Trump flips again: Shutdown back on - GOP, military brass seethe over Trump’s Syria reversal - Asylum seekers will remain in Mexico - Dems announce a dozen debates for 2020 race - In otter newsTRUMP FLIPS AGAIN: SHUTDOWN BACK ONRoll Call: “President Donald Trump has rejected a stopgap funding bill passed by the Senate, Speaker Paul D. Ryan said following a meeting at the White House. … Last week, Trump threatened to trigger a partial shutdown unless he got $5 billion for the border barrier project during a rowdy Oval Office meeting with Democratic leaders. Trump declared ISIS ‘defeated’ in Syria in a tweet Wednesday, a claim he reiterated in a video posted to Twitter Thursday. “The moment I found out Trump could tweet himself was comparable to the moment in ‘Jurassic Park’ when Dr. Grant realized that velociraptors could open doors. I was like, ‘Oh no.’” – Justin McConney, the Trump Organization’s director of social media from 2011 to 2017, told Politico.
Source: Fox News December 20, 2018 19:30 UTC