President Donald Trump says,... he will not invoke emergency powers yet to end the partial government shutdown and secure funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.<br /> Speaking at a border security event at the White House on Friday, Trump said... he could declare a national emergency to divert necessary funds from other purposes... but added, he won't do it so fast.<br />He said, he'd rather see the U.S. Congress do its job... and urged Democratic Party lawmakers to come back and vote.<br /> The U.S. federal government shut down three weeks ago,... as Trump and congressional Democrats quarreled over the funds necessary to build the border wall.<br />It has now become the longest shutdown in U.S. history,... beating the previous record of 21 days from the Bill Clinton administration,. <br />
