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Bipartisan border deal at risk of collapse under pressure from Trump

A bipartisan border deal is at risk after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested the politics around the agreement have shifted but negotiators say they are forging ahead.
Updated January 25, 2024 at 1:28 PM ET

A bipartisan deal that would pair assistance to Ukraine with measures to improve border security could be at risk of collapse, after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested the politics around the agreement have shifted.

that McConnell told Republican senators the politics "have changed" because former President Trump wants to build his reelection campaign around immigration."We don't want

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