1. President Trump took his case for a wall to El Paso, where there is one.

His rally was his first event along the border since a debate over funding a wall shut down the government. Negotiations to head off another shutdown appeared to be close to succeeding on Monday night.

In a twist of political theater, Beto O’Rourke, below, a former Democratic congressman from El Paso and possible presidential candidate, spoke at a rally less than a mile from Mr. Trump’s.