Washington: US President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency to fund his planned border wall with Mexico, the White House has said. He will sign a border security bill to avert a government shutdown, but also act to bypass Congress and use military funds for the wall, a statement[Read More…]
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US House votes to reopen government, deny Trump wall money
Washington: The Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives has passed a spending package aimed at ending the partial government shutdown without paying for President Donald Trump’s border wall, drawing a veto threat from the White House. The package was expected to be dead on arrival in the Senate, leaving congressional Democrats[Read More…]
Trump threatens govt shutdown over border wall, immigration
US president Donald Trump threatened to shutdown the government ahead of the coming spending deadline in September if Congress does not fund his border wall and change the nation’s immigration laws. “I would be willing to ‘shut down’ government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border[Read More…]