Donald Trump has backed away from his threat to declare a national emergency to fund his long-promised border wall, as pressure mounts to find a solution to the three-week impasse that has closed parts of the government, leaving hundreds of thousands of workers without pay. “We want Congress to do its job,” the president said Friday during a roundtable on border security at the White House. Protests nonetheless erupted in Washington, as hundreds of furloughed government employees and contractors rallied outside the White House demanding to return to work. - videoTrump was not at the White House at the time of the protest. Democrats say they favor measures to bolster border security but oppose the long, impregnable barrier that Trump envisages.

Source: The Guardian January 11, 2019 13:35 UTC