WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise that would avert a moment painful government shutdown. But a new confrontation has been ignited — this time over President Donald Trump’s plan to bypass lawmakers and declare a national emergency to siphon billions from other federal coffers for his wall on the Mexican boundary. Money in the bill for border barriers,approximately $1.4 billion, is far below the $5.7 billion Trump insisted he needed and would finance just a […]
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