Article snippet: MORE declared the partial government shutdown could last for more than a year during a White House news conference on Friday. On the other hand, he said, it could end early next week. His remarks sowed confusion rather than clarity about a possible way out of the impasse, which on Saturday enters its 15th day. The contours of the dispute remain unaltered: Trump is insisting on money for a border wall and Democrats are adamant they won’t give it to him. The president’s rhetoric oscillated between hard-line and conciliatory during a news conference so lengthy that Trump — not known for his solicitousness toward the media — asked reporters at one point whether he should keep it going. Assured that he should, he told the press corps to let him know "when you get tired.” At one point, Trump asserted he could declare a national emergency to build his proposed wall without the acquiescence of Capitol Hill. “I can do it if I want,” the president said, “I am allowed to do that.” But at the same time as he dangled that threat, the president offered a more upbeat assessment of his meeting with Speaker MORE (D-N.Y.) than the Democratic leaders themselves had done a short time before, when they spoke briefly to reporters outside the West Wing. To Pelosi, the meeting was “lengthy and sometimes contentious.” To Trump, it was “very, very good.” The president said he had decided to create a working group to negotiate with Democrats over the weekend. Vice President Pence, Homeland... Link to the full article to read more