“We can declare a national emergency,” Mr. Trump said. “I would like to do a much broader form of immigration,” Mr. Trump said. “No wall, no deal,” Vice President Mike Pence declared in a briefing with reporters on Capitol Hill. Mr. Pence faulted the Democrats, declaring it time for them to begin negotiating, but he essentially blocked potential offramps for the impasse. He made it clear that Mr. Trump would not drop his insistence on funding for a wall on the southwestern border, which Democrats have branded a nonstarter.

Source: New York Times January 10, 2019 21:26 UTC