WASHINGTON —

In Washington, lawmakers are locked in a heated battle over healthcare funding, with Republicans accusing Democrats of causing the government shutdown by demanding taxpayer-funded healthcare for undocumented immigrants. Advertisement

"What they have done instead is shut down the government because we won't give billions of dollars to health care funding for illegal aliens," Vice President JD Vance said to reporters at the White House on Wednesday.

And, when asked to clarify whether Democrats truly want to protect healthcare for undocumented immigrants, President Donald Trump's answer was unclear.

"Look, we all have big hearts. I have a bigger heart than you do," Trump said in the Oval Office on Tuesday. "We just, as a country, cannot afford to take care of millions of p

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