Trump vows emergency declaration over wall, agrees to shutdown-averting bill
- 15-Feb-2019
Trump agreed to sign a government-funding bill that lacks money for his wall, but prevents another damaging government shutdown
Trumps delays speech until government shutdown ends
- 24-Jan-2019
The shutdown has seen some 800,000 federal employees left without pay for a month
Trump threatens to declare national emergency over border wall fight
- 11-Jan-2019
Such a declaration, almost certain to be challenged in court, would in theory allow Trump to sidestep Congress and divert money from military projects toward construction of the wall
US govt shutdown begins as no deal between lawmakers and Trump
- 22-Dec-2018
WASHINGTON: The US government began a partial shutdown at midnight on Friday after Republican senators failed to muster the votes needed to approve $5 billion that President Donald Trump wants for a border wall fiercely opposed by Democrats. Trump said the impending shutdown of some key parts of the federal government could last “a very […]