In a last-ditch effort to prevent a U.S. government shutdown, President Donald Trump and top Congressional leaders will meet on Monday at the White House to try to reach a spending deal.

Funding for most federal agencies is set expire after midnight Tuesday — with Wednesday being the start of the new fiscal year. But as of Saturday night, three days away, Congress remained in a stalemate. The faceoff is over what should be in a bill to temporarily extend funding for agencies into late November.

Attending the Monday meeting will be two New York Democrats — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer — as well as Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). The meeting was confirmed Saturday night by multiple Democrat

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