President Trump was set to meet with Democratic congressional leaders at the White House Monday in a last-ditch effort to avert a government shutdown as soon as Tuesday night.

The planned high-stakes sit down comes after Trump angrily scrapped plans to meet with Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries last week, a reversal that offers some hope of a deal even though neither side has signaled any willingness to compromise.

But it remains to be seen if Trump and his Republican allies will give any ground to Democrats, who are demanding reversal of some of his health care cuts as the price of allowing a stopgap spending bill to pass.

“Republican Senators, Representatives, and even Donald Trump are feeling the heat to do something about the horrible health care crisis they’ve

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