The White House has released photographs showing President Donald Trump apparently working hard over the weekend in a bid to avert the impending government shutdown. A second senate vote on the spending bill has been scheduled for 1am (6am GMT) Monday as the government shutdown enters the working week. The photographs, released on Saturday, show the president walking along the West Wing Colonnade from his residence to the Oval Office where he remained behind close doors for much of the day. Another captured a steely-faced Mr. Trump holding a phone to his ear receiving updates from Capitol Hill while wearing a Make America Great Again baseball hat. Instead, he relayed a video message in which he blamed the Democrats for his no-show, according to US media sources.

Source: Punch January 21, 2018 14:26 UTC