WASHINGTON — The federal government barreled toward a shutdown Tuesday before a midnight deadline as President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress remained deadlocked with Democrats in a spending standoff that was growing uglier by the hour.

Democratic leaders lashed out at Trump for posting a crude, artificial intelligence-generated video insulting and mocking them Monday night, hours after meeting with them at the White House to discuss the impasse.

The deepfake video superimposed a cartoon mustache and sombrero over Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who was pictured standing silently while Mariachi music played and the voice of Sen. Chuck Schumer was distorted to deliver expletive-laden remarks that included the line, “Nobody likes Democrats anymore.”

Jeffries responded Monday n

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