Donald Trump: ‘I never worked for Russia’ – live updates

  • President denies to reporters he ever worked for Moscow
  • Attacks FBI officials who investigated him as ‘scoundrels’

The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge to Matthew Whitaker’s appointment as acting attorney general.

The court turned away the case without comment, the Washington Post reported.

Donald Trump is rejecting a proposal from Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham to allow the government to temporarily reopen while negotiating with Congress over a border wall, the Washington Post reports.

“I did reject it,” Trump told Monday. “I want to get it solved. I don’t want to just delay it.”

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Trump vents fury over Russia stories and again threatens national emergency

Donald Trump has strongly denied the stunning claim that he was secretly working on behalf of Russia and again threatened to declare a national emergency to fund a border wall.

In 20-minute live phone interview with Fox News on Saturday night, he described as an “insult” the New York Times story that alleged the FBI launched an investigation into whether the he was acting as a Russian asset, against his own country’s interests.

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