Trump's reversal came as the full weight of the shutdown, including the financial cost on struggling employees and the national economy, became ever more apparent to the administration and power brokers in Washington.
President Donald Trump has refused to sign any stopgap spending bill that does not have provisions to fund a wall along the US-Mexico border which he says is essential to stop the flow of illegal immigrants.
As the US government shutdown entered its third day, Trump took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to tell the world how he was ‘all alone’ in the White House along with other ‘complaints.’
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced the state will intervene in order to keep the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island open in face of a US federal government shutdown.
This is the first time in 40 years that the government has been closed three times in a year. It took effect after US lawmakers failed to break a budget impasse.
Trump is seeking USD 5 billion for construction of a wall on the US border with Mexico but Democrats are staunchly opposed.
The US government officially shutdown today for the first time in five years after lawmakers failed to agree on a…
