US President Donald Trump
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to override President Donald Trump's first veto, leaving in place the national emergency he declared last month to build a US-Mexico border wall that Congress has not funded.
Democrats who control the House did not attract enough Republican support to reach the two-thirds majority vote needed to overturn Trump's veto.
Just 14 Republicans joined 234 Democrats in voting to override, one more Republican than had backed Trump in a previous House vote on the border wall emergency.
One Democrat and two Republicans did not vote.
With the 248-181 tally, Trump is now likely to continue scouring federal accounts for money he wants redirected to building a border wall, his signature issue.
However, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed lawmakers would keep trying to block Trump's move through the regular congressional process of appropriating funds, as well as reviewing his declaration of emergency again six months from now.
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