President Donald Trump said Tuesday the US government would probably see its first shutdown in more than six years, with funding expiring at midnight and no breakthrough in sight in acrimonious negotiations between Democrats and Republicans.

"We'll probably have a shutdown," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office just hours before the deadline for a deal. "Nothing is inevitable, but I would say it's probably likely."

Trump's assessment came after a last-gasp meeting at the White House on Monday yielded no deal, with top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer saying afterward that "large differences" remained between the sides.

Beyond the lack of progress, the negotiations have been unusually caustic and bitter, with top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries berating Trump over a "racist and fake" AI-g

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