"So ending this shutdown will require Donald Trump to step in and push Speaker Johnson to negotiate." Meanwhile, the White House is exerting more pressure on Senate Democrats to cave and reopen the government. A new memo reported by Axios suggested that ...

The meeting comes after Trump renewed talk of making Canada a 51st US state, Carney has previously said this "will never happen".

The federal government shutdown is now nearing the one-week mark, with no end to the impasse in sight. Follow for live updates.

In the battle of public opinion, the White House and the GOP appeared to be taking more of the blame for the shutdown than Democrats. In a new CBS News poll, 39% said they mostly blame Trump and Republicans, while 30% blame Democrats in Congress and 31% blame both equally.

The White House tightened its pressure on congressional Democrats as a US government shutdown lurched into a second week, saying it would give the holdouts another chance to agree to the spending bill before initiating mass firings of federal workers.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is scheduled to address reporters Monday afternoon as the government shutdown enters its sixth day. President Trump has stayed out of the fray on Capitol Hill,

The Senate is expected to vote Monday on measures to end the government shutdown as President Donald Trump and Democrats trade blame over funding impasse.

White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett told CNBC on Monday morning that the government shutdown will cost the U.S. GDP about $15 billion per week.