US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has urged President Donald Trump to reschedule his annual State of the Union address slated for January 29, citing security concerns triggered by the ongoing government shutdown. <br />''  <br />''In a letter to Trump yesterday, Pelosi suggested that the State of the Union address to a Joint Session of Congress be delayed until government re-opens. In a tweet, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, however, said the department and the secret services were fully prepared to support and secure the State of the Union.<br />'' <br />''The current partial government shutdown, now into its 25th day, has rendered more than 800,000 federal employees without work, crippling the functioning of several key wings of the government including Security and State department. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Democrats who now enjoy a majority in the House have refused to approve legislation approving USD 5.7 billion in federal funding to construct a wall across the US-Mexico border.</span><br />