President Trump on Tuesday said he was cancelling a meeting with top congressional Democrats scheduled for later this week to negotiate on government funding.

Why it matters: The two sides are locked in a staring contest, and without concessions from Trump, Democrats have insisted they will withhold their votes, an impasse that would spark the first government shutdown since 2019. • "After reviewing the details of the unserious and ridiculous demands being made by the Minority Radical Left Democrats in return for their Votes to keep our thriving Country open, I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive," Trump posted on Truth Social on Tuesday. • Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-

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