Overview

• Congress faces a Sept. 30 funding cutoff, which would trigger a partial shutdown on Oct. 1 without a deal.
• Trump will meet Monday at the White House with top Republican and Democratic leaders, a session Schumer called a first step as Johnson says Trump is open to dialogue.
• House Republicans are pushing a stopgap that runs to late November; it passed the House but was blocked in the Senate.
• Democratic leaders insist on restoring large health-care spending as a condition for any agreement.
• The administration has escalated pressure by directing agencies to prepare layoff plans and warning of mass job cuts if funding lapses.