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                                                     March 24, 2018
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Trump Signs $1.3 Trillion Budget after 'Reality Show' Drama

President Donald Trump waves as he leaves the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2018, for a trip to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.
                                                                                                                                                                                             (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

By JILL COLVIN            trillion federal spending  but only after undercutting  threat. The episode further  White House staff that had
WASHINGTON (AP) —         measure Friday and         his own negotiators and      eroded the already           assured the nation he was
President Donald Trump    averted a midnight         setting off a mini-panic     damaged credibility of       onboard.
grudgingly signed a $1.3  government shutdown —      with a last-minute veto      both the president and a
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