Donald Trump threatens to close Mexico border
Palm Beach (US) | Threatening drastic action against Mexico, President Donald Trump declared he is likely to shut down America’s southern border next week unless Mexican...
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Pentagon authorizes USD 1 bn for Trump’s border wall
Washington | Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan said on Monday he had authorized USD 1 billion to build part of the wall sought by President Donald...
Donald Trump to declare national emergency to build border wall
Washington | US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order declaring a national emergency, which will empower him to fund the construction of a massive...
Republicans, Democrats reach agreement to avert another govt shutdown over wall funding
Washington | Democrats and Republicans have struck a deal in principle to fund the US government and avert another crippling government shutdown while denying President Donald...
Donald Trump offers protection to immigrants for US-Mexico border wall funding
Washington | Seeking to end the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump has offered temporary protection for people illegally brought to the US as children in...
Government shutdown because of Democrats: US President Trump
Washington | President Donald Trump has attributed the partial government shutdown, which is now into its 24th day, to the opposition Democrats who have blocked his...
Not so fast: Donald Trump on declaring national emergency
Washington | Hopeful that the Congress would give necessary approval to his demand for USD 5.7 billion to construct a wall along the US-Mexico border, President...
Trump tours border, repeats threat to declare national emergency
Washington | US President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to be inching closer to imposing a national emergency that could allow him to bypass Congress to...
Any government funding bill must address crisis on US-Mexico border: White House
Washington | Observing that the United States’ border with Mexico is overwhelmed with illegal immigration, gang-violence, crime, drugs and human trafficking, the White House has asserted...
Trump warns government shutdown could last ‘a long time’
Washington | President Donald Trump warned the US federal government may not fully reopen any time soon, as he stood firm on his demand for billions...