Republican and Democratic leaders emerged from a high-stakes meeting at the White House on Monday and traded blame for a possible government shutdown that could take place in a little more than 24 hours.

The meeting, hosted by President Donald Trump, produced no breakthrough to keep the government’s lights on, and Vice President JD Vance predicted a shutdown this week.

“I think we’re headed to a shutdown because the Democrats won’t do the right thing,” Vance, flanked by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said after the meeting.

Funding is set to run out at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday unless Trump and leaders on Capitol Hill can reach an eleventh-hour agreement.

Speaking separately to reporters, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Democr

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