US may avoid government shutdown as Trump softens demand for border wall

Congressional leaders sounded confident that they will be able to row back from the brink as the president took funding for the wall off the tableCongressional leaders sounded confident on Tuesday that they would be able to row back from the brink of a government shutdown after Donald Trump signaled a softening on his demand for immediate funding of the wall along the US-Mexico border.Though Trump insisted that his controversial plan to build a barrier along the southern border would begin &ldqu