Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have ...

President Trump will meet with the four top congressional leaders on Monday afternoon at the White House, ahead of a 12:01 a.m. Wednesday deadline to avert a government shutdown.

The federal government is on the brink of its 15th partial shutdown since 1981 because lawmakers have failed to agree on a plan for discretionary funding for the new fiscal year, or about one-quarter...