Donald Trump and Congress face a Friday night deadline to avert a partial shutdown. Donald Trump and Congress face a deadline of midnight on Friday to pass federal funding bills or see the government partially shut down, with the budget fight centered on Trump’s demand for $5bn to fund a wall along the US-Mexico border. The Senate passed a short-term spending bill without the wall money on Wednesday evening in an attempt to kick the can down the road, but, to the surprise of his Republican colleagues, Trump said on Thursday that he would not sign it.
