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Trump to meet with congressional leaders as shutdown looms

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published September 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM EDT

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Politico’s Nicholas Wu about the chance of the federal government shutting down most operations on Tuesday night if Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on a spending deal. Negotiations are mainly stuck on whether health care policy items should be included in any deal.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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