WASHINGTON - Congress members trickled back into Washington Thursday but there was little hope of ending the government shutdown sparked by a row with President Donald Trump over his demand for US-Mexico border wall construction. A lapse in funding to parts of the government meanwhile entered a sixth day. "Have the Democrats finally realized that we desperately need Border Security and a Wall on the Southern Border," he tweeted, barely three hours after arriving from the Iraq trip. - Economic jitters -Partial government shutdowns are not an unusual weapon in Washington budget negotiations, where party divides make cooperation a rarity. We need to budget for medical care and mental health care for children in our facilities," he told CBS News.

Source: Bangkok Post December 27, 2018 16:41 UTC