J.D. Vance after meeting with Democrats: I think we’re headed for a shutdown

US President Donald Trump and Democratic opponents appeared to marque small advancement astatine a gathering held astatine the White House aimed astatine averting a shutdown of national authorities services that could origin problems crossed a wide scope of agencies arsenic aboriginal arsenic Wednesday. “I deliberation we’re headed for a shutdown,” said U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance.

The 2 sides exited the gathering blaming each different successful the lawsuit that Congress fails to widen the government’s backing that expires astatine midnight Tuesday (7:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, section time).

Democrats accidental immoderate woody to widen that deadline indispensable besides sphere wellness benefits that are astir to expire, portion Trump’s Republicans importune that backing for wellness attraction and authorities should beryllium treated arsenic abstracted issues.

Senate Democratic person Chuck Schumer said the 2 sides “have precise large differences.”

If Congress does not instrumentality action, thousands of national authorities workers could beryllium enactment connected temporary leave, from NASA to nationalist parks, and a wide scope of services would beryllium disrupted. Federal courts mightiness person to beryllium unopen down, and tiny concern grants could beryllium delayed.