Officials unsure whether president will sign funding bill without money for wallCongressional deal to fund government expires at midnight on FridayLooming above Washington as Congress and the White House attempt to avert a funding shutdown in only five days’ time, Donald Trump’s central campaign promise to build a wall on the Mexican border threatens to bring the US government to a halt this week in a national display of dysfunction. Related: Homeland security chief backs Trump in split over Dreamer deportation Related: Willets Point: stepping stone to the American dream or signpost to its termination? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com