US President Donald Trump appears to have endorsed the idea of a government shutdown later this year in a series of messages on social media.
The move comes after agreement was reached on a short-term funding mechanism that keeps the US government open until September.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan downplayed President Trump's call for a shutdown.
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