Mexico wall
Trump welcomes court decision on US-Mexico border wall
Donald Trump's efforts to build a wall along the southwest US border with Mexico to stem illegal immigration have been met with numerous court challenges.
Conceding defeat in his earlier demand that Congress provide him with $5.7 billion in wall money, Trump agreed to sign a government-funding bill that lacks money for his wall.
Donald Trump triggered a 35-day-long shutdown of about a quarter of the federal government with his December demand for $5.7 billion to help build a wall.
A congressional aide, who asked not to be identified, said the outline of the deal included $1.37 billion for erecting new fencing along the southern border.
The Vatican faced questions on Friday over why the pope had not taken the opportunity to speak out against the scourge of clergy sex abuse afflicting the Church.
But while the president climbed down in agreeing to reopen the government without first getting $5.7 billion in border wall funds, he still threatened to renew hostilities with a new shutdown.
The US Senate has scheduled votes for Thursday on competing proposals that face steep odds to end the shutdown.
President Donald Trump is withholding his support for a bill that would fully fund the government until he secures money for the wall.
The US Senate adjourned on Saturday, unable to break an impasse over President Donald Trump’s demand for more funds for a wall on the border with Mexico.
President Donald Trump has dug in on his demand for $5 billion for construction of the wall on the US border with Mexico.
Operations for several key agencies ceased at 12.01am on Saturday, despite last-ditch talks that continued on Capitol Hill.
President Donald Trump said the impending shutdown of some key parts of the federal government could last ‘a very long time’.
President Donald Trump appeared to harden his demand for $5 billion in funding for the wall on the US-Mexico border,
Mexican Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete accused some of the migrants of attempting the Tijuana crossing in a "violent way."
The letter was delivered during a recent meeting in Mexico with senior US officials, and details were disclosed once Trump had received it, said Lopez Obrador.
Trump faced a global outcry this month, including sharp criticism from some inside his Republican Party, over migrant children being separated from their parents.
Trump backed down on Wednesday, signing an executive order to keep families together in detention during immigration proceedings.
Trump signed an executive order requiring immigrant families be detained together when they are caught entering the country illegally for as long as their criminal proceedings take.
Trump on Tuesday criticised Mexico for not helping to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States.