Congress passes bill to avert shutdown as Trump vows to declare national emergency to build wall

A House Armed Services Committee aide who was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity recently told The Times that, by the committee's analysis, the most likely place the administration would go is military construction funding that is not yet obligated, and potentially a small pot of money for countering drug smuggling. Because much of the military construction funding is for five years, "there's a big central pool of money, and he could grab for that."