As budget deadline looms, Trump pushes border wall funding

WASHINGTON (AP) - With a budget deadline looming, President Donald Trump plans a whirlwind of activities seeking to highlight accomplishments while putting fresh pressure on congressional Democrats to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, even if that pressure risks a possible government shutdown. Trump approaches the symbolic 100-day mark for his administration this coming week juggling a renewed health care push and his demands that a must-pass government funding bill should include money for the wall. In a tweet Sunday, Trump jabbed at Democrats, who vigorously oppose wall funding. "The Democrats don't want money from budget going to border wall despite the fact that it will stop drugs and very bad MS 13 gang members." He added: "Eventually, but at a later date so we can get started early, Mexico will be paying, in some form, for the badly needed border wall." The 100-day mark falls on Saturday, the same day government could shut down without a budget deal.