US President Donald Trump will sign a spending bill averting a government shutdown but will also issue an emergency declaration to fund his controversial border wall.<br />''<br />''Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell told colleagues that he spoke to Mr Trump, who indicated that he is prepared to sign the bill and also issue a national emergency declaration. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed the plan minutes later.<br />''<br />''Declaring an emergency, a rare step, would free Mr Trump to seek to redirect federal funds from elsewhere to help pay for a wall along the US-Mexico border.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">US House of Representative Speaker and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi expressed disdain for the President's upcoming emergency declaration. She said happening at the border is not an emergency.</span>