mo4ch:>Trump to stay in Washington as government shutdown creeps over Christmas | Mo4ch News

US President Donald Trump will spend Christmas away from his Mar-a-Lago Florida estate due to the government shutdown, as the White House and lawmakers scramble to avert defunding key government agencies over the border wall row.White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders announced that Trump's wife, Melania, who had already left for Florida, would be flown back to the White House so the Trumps can spend Christmas together.Trump is not normally known for skipping his Mar-a-Lago days off, which have come under media scrutiny for being too frequent and sometimes ill-timed. In February, he came under fire for "playing golf" at his estate in the wake of the Florida school shooting that left 17 dead, while funerals for the victims took place just 45 miles away.While the Friday midnight deadline for the Senate to approve a bipartisan spending bill has already passed, federal workers won't return to work until Wednesday, meaning the White House still has time to clinch a last…