US shutdown: Boy sells art to help mother

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Boy sells art to help mother through shutdown Boy sells his drawings to help his mother during the partial government shutdown in the US.

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So why HAS the US government shut down? As the US partial government shutdown hits three weeks, here's why we've reached this stalemate.

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'I don't need a wall, I want money to plant crops' With the US Department of Agriculture a casualty of the shutdown, farmers like this one are feeling the pain.

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Border vigilante: 'The migrants are invaders' Ken Lester identifies and reports people who cross the US southern border with Mexico. He tells the BBC why.