President Donald Trump predicted that a U.S. government shutdown is likely, citing a stalemate between his party and Democrats.
"We’ll continue to talk to the Democrats but I think you could very well end up with a closed country for a period of time,” Trump said Friday in the Oval Office.
The prospect of a shutdown increased after Senate Republicans and Democrats earlier Friday each blocked rival plans to provide temporary funding.
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