Shutdown Day 12: Lawmakers to hear wall plea at White House

Washington • President Donald Trump said Wednesday the partial government shutdown will last “as long as it takes” as closures entered a 12th day over his demands for billions of dollars from Congress to build a border wall with Mexico."Could be a long time or could be quickly," Trump said during lengthy comments at a Cabinet meeting at the White House, his first public appearance of the new year.The president said his Homeland Security officials will "make a plea" for the borde