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White House officials told the Yuma Sun that the president will receive a briefing on the border wall construction.

The Pentagon announced this month it was slashing billions of dollars in funding.

Defense officials also said they would focus on projects set to begin in 2020 and beyond, with the hope that the money could eventually be restored by Congress.

The fight left both parties dead set against another shutdown.

A fresh, protracted crisis could make it difficult to tackle other upcoming business such as a deal to prevent cuts to the Pentagon and domestic agencies.

Trump's comments came a day after he walked out of a negotiating meeting with congressional leaders.

Mulvaney would only say the offer was between Trump's $5.7 billion request and $1.3 billion Democrats have offered.

But the session quickly unraveled as he mentioned his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.