Trump Says White House Closing In on Deal With Democrats to Avert Shutdown

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on Jan. 29 that the White House is getting closer to a deal with Senate Democrats to avert a government shutdown. “Hopefully, we won’t have a shutdown. We’re working on that right now. I think we’re getting close with the Democrats,” Trump said during a cabinet meeting at the White House. “We’ll work in a very bipartisan way, I believe, not to have a shutdown. We don’t want a shutdown.” Congress faces a Jan. 30 funding deadline and remains divided on whether, and how, to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). On Jan. 29, the Senate failed to advance a spending package after Democrats opposed funding for DHS. The impasse followed increased scrutiny and protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after two fatal shootings by federal agents in Minnesota....