Deal likely on ending US govt shutdown as Trump agrees to steel barrier

White House signals that talks to reopen the federal government could produce an agreement between Republicans and Democrats.

Showing signs of compromise, the White House signaled on Sunday that talks to reopen the federal government could produce a deal in which President Donald Trump moves away from his demand that a proposed barrier along the southern border be a concrete wall.

The possible concession, which comes days after Trump had floated a barrier of steel instead of a concrete wall, came even as a top official warned that the shutdown, now in its third week, could "drag on a lot longer."

Trump, speaking to reporters outside the White House on Sunday, repeated his threat that if he is