U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with the top Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress on Monday to discuss government funding ahead of a September 30 deadline to keep the government open, a White House official said on Saturday.

Trump had previously scrapped a meeting with the top Congressional Democrats - Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer - to discuss government funding.

Jefferies and Schumer released a joint statement Saturday evening confirming the Monday meeting, and said: "We are resolute in our determination to avoid 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 of the $7

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