Fact Check: Posts claim Trump once said a government shutdown 'means the president is weak.' We checked the record

Memes claim the president said in 2013: "A government shutdown falls on the president's lack of leadership." They're not completely accurate.

Government shutdown end in sight as Senate approves funding package, sending it to House

The Senate approved a long-sought funding package that would end the government shutdown late Monday, bringing Congress one step closer to ending a 41-day impasse.

Government shutdown becomes longest in history: How we got here and what's next

The government shutdown on Wednesday entered its 36th day, officially becoming the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That means the two longest shutdowns in American politics have occurred under President Donald Trump, with the previous 35-day record having been set during his first term in 2019.

What do voters think of President Trump amid the government shutdown?

Recent polls and surveys show President Trump's favorability during issues like the government shutdown and federal troop deployments in big cities.

We asked 7 lawmakers and Vice President Vance what they're doing to end the government shutdown

The government shutdown has gone on for more than four weeks, with no sign the impasse will end soon. Here's what lawmakers told CBS News they're doing.

The South African government — and some Afrikaners themselves — say Trump’s claims of persecution are baseless.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says that his government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group there is being violently persecuted. Those claims have been widely rejected.
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