Johnson questions if Schumer, Jeffries, Trump meeting ‘necessary’ to avoid shutdown 

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) connected Tuesday questioned whether a gathering betwixt President Trump and the apical 2 Democratic leaders successful Congress is “necessary” up of an end-of-month authorities shutdown deadline, adding that helium and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) volition beryllium successful attendance astatine the gathering if it happens. Shortly after, Trump made a…