WASHINGTON — President Trump is scheduled to meet with the four top congressional leaders at the White House on Monday, the day before a deadline to avert a government shutdown, the lawmakers said.

Congress faces a Tuesday deadline to fund the government, which will require lawmakers to agree on a spending measure that can win at least 60 votes in the Senate. But Republicans control only 53 seats and need support from Democrats, who have been demanding that GOP leaders and Trump negotiate with them.

But even as leaders of both parties agreed to a meeting, it was unclear whether Trump intended to reach a bipartisan compromise or if he was summoning Democrats to press them to accept Republicans' funding proposal.

In an interview on CNN, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Sunday that the pr

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