The government could shut down at midnight. On Monday afternoon, Donald Trump met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and their Republican counterparts, John Thune and Mike Johnson. The intended goal of the meeting was to prevent the looming government shutdown.

The Democrats’ core issue is that they want the funding bill to include an extension on subsidies for Affordable Care Act health care programs, which are due to expire at the end of year, or as an official from Jeffries’s office texted me earlier, “Today Leader Jeffries will reaffirm Democrats’ commitment to canceling the cuts, lowering costs, and saving health care directly in the Oval Office.” Perhaps not the easiest thing to message, but Obamacare is wildly popular and the

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