President Donald Trump plans to meet this week with top Democratic leaders in Congress, as a Sept. 30 funding deadline to keep the government open nears.

After a Republican plan to keep funding flowing foundered in the Senate, Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer accused the president of standing in the way of a…

Democratic leaders in Congress are demanding a meeting with Trump a a day after the Senate struck down a funding bill to avert a government shutdown.