WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Monday as the clock draws nearer to a potential government shutdown, one White House and four congressional officials told NBC News.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., along with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., are expected to attend.

The development comes after Trump abruptly canceled a planned meeting with Democratic leaders on Thursday, at the urging of Johnson and Thune. The president at the time called Democratic demands “unserious and ridiculous.”

Since then, Jeffries and Schumer have been trading very public barbs with Trump over the looming government shutdown and Democrats’ demands to attach health care policies to the temporary funding bill.

Jeffries and Schumer issued a joint statement Saturday evening.

“President Trump has once again agreed to a meeting in the Oval Office,” the Democratic leaders said. “As we have repeatedly said, Democrats will meet anywhere, at any time and with anyone to negotiate a bipartisan spending agreement that meets the needs of the American people. We are resolute in our determination to avoid a government shutdown and address the Republican healthcare crisis. Time is running out.”

How television channels and social media became a national disgrace.

For “New India” chroniclers, nothing is surprising any more. Every event is an occasion to pitch for votes. And by implication, every event involves “media management”—the crux of which is to burnish the image of the leadership: a leader who is muscular, tough-talking, and a man of action. Equally, weaponise, staunch information flow, and distract, in order to control the narrative and protect holy cows in the government.

Disentangling the politics of the ruling BJP and the politics of the image purveyed by television and social media platforms is by no means an easy task, especially given the manner in which both have been weaponised by the current government, collateral be damned as long as the image of the leader shines.

The tone of the media coverage was set on April 24 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi cut short his official visit to Saudi Arabia after the Pahalgam terror attack. But instead of attending a scheduled all-party meeting, he air-dashed to Bihar’s Madhubani for what appeared to be an election rally. There, he thundered: “Today, from the soil of Bihar, I say to the whole world: India will identify, track, and punish every terrorist and their backers. We will pursue them to the ends of the earth. India’s spirit will never be broken by terrorism.”

India vs Pakistan Live Updates, Asia Cup 2025: Team India will face Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025, Group A match on Sunday in Dubai. After a big nine-wicket victory in their opening match against UAE, Suryakumar Yadav and co will be eager to claim another win over the arch-rivals Pakistan. On the other hand, Salman Ali Agha and co will be coming to this match after a 93-run victory over Oman. Amid all the boycott calls due to the Pahalgam terror attack, the players are focusing on the game, in order to bring out yet another nail-biting encounter between the two teams. Head coach Gautam Gambhir has reportedly had a big role to play already in settling some Indian nerves ahead of the Pakistan clash. (Live Scorecard)