President Donald Trump and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continue to quarrel over construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border and its funding on Thursday as negotiators work to come up with a deal to keep the government open before a February 15 deadline. Before reopening the government – after surviving the longest federal closure in American history – Mr Trump gave Congress three weeks to come up with a resolution on a long-term funding plan while requiring $5.6bn for the border wall included in the legislation. The speaker was previously hesitant to entirely rule out money for the border wall in the final funding agreement.
