WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs for preschoolers nationwide are scrambling for federal funds. The federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile has begun furloughing its 1,400 employees. Thousands more federal workers are going without paychecks .

But as President Donald Trump is welcoming Republican senators for lunch in the newly renovated Rose Garden Club and breaking ground on the new White House ballroom , the GOP is projecting a unified front as it refuses to yield to Democratic demands for health care funds while the government shutdown drags on.

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