Democrats

Unless all aspects, like tax arbitrage, are coordinated, raising the rate won't deliver social justice

The Democrats' refusal to approve $5.7 billion demanded by Donald Trump for the wall project has paralysed Washington

Donald Trump will travel to the Southern border on Thursday to meet with those on the frontlines of the national security and humanitarian crisis, Sarah Sanders said in a tweet.

Donald Trump renewed his threat to invoke a national emergency as a way to circumvent Congress and build a wall on the southern US border

The longest shutdown on record is 21 days, from late December 1995 to early January 1996

Democrats in control of the House of Representatives this week passed a bill to reopen the government without providing additional funding for the wall

About 800,000 federal workers have been unpaid due to the closure of about a quarter of the federal government as Trump withholds his support for new funding

The end of Trump's one-party rule in Washington invigorated Democrats still dejected over the bombastic Republican's 2016 presidential win.

Donald Trump invited Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress to the White House for the border security briefing on the 12th day of a partial US government shutdown triggered by his demand for $5 billion in wall funding.

The threat yet again upped the ante in a political row that has led to a partial shutdown of the US government and seems set to dominate the start to the third year of Trump's presidency