Top US lawmakers agree on border funding

Updated February 12 2019 - 1:51pm, first published 1:47pm
Senior US lawmakers are meeting to thrash out a plan to prevent another shutdown over a border wall.
Senior US lawmakers are meeting to thrash out a plan to prevent another shutdown over a border wall.

US congressional negotiators say an "agreement in principle" has been reached on border security funding, potentially averting another round of federal shutdowns.