Judge bars Donald Trump from using USD 2.5 billion to build border wall

The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to take up the same issue of using military money next week.

Donald Trump signs deal ending longest US government shutdown

The Senate and House of Representatives both passed the deal by unanimous consent Friday.

Trump is demanding USD 5.7 billion of congressional funding to build the wall, but the Democrats have refused.

'As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to give the State of the Union Address. I agreed,' the president tweeted.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell laid the groundwork for a vote on Thursday.

A month since the US government shutdown began, dozens of federal employees have been lining up in Brooklyn for basics.

The president also said postponing this 'public relations event' was totally appropriate.

This comes after Democrats' refusal to approve $5.7 billion demanded by Trump for the wall project has paralyzed Washington.

Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, told journalists Trump 'sort of slammed the table,' then 'got up and walked out.'

Trump repeated his call for a wall on border, calling it "absolutely critical to border security" and demanded USD 5.7 bn for it.