The impasse to reopen the government has hit day 21 with little sign lawmakers are close to reaching a compromise. Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance is visiting Israel to bolster the ceasefire deal.

If the shutdown extends into a second month, then damage starts to accumulate pretty quickly," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s,

The meeting at the White House appears unlikely, for now, to lead to a bipartisan resolution that would end the government shutdown.

The government shutdown is now the third-longest funding lapse in modern history, and the Senate won't meet until Monday.

The White House blames Democrats for the shutdown threatening nuclear security as the National Nuclear Security Administration prepares mass furloughs.

The Trump administration is taking its social media attacks on Democratic opponents to an unlikely platform, with the White House and numerous other government agencies joining Bluesky on Friday.

Democrats might help reopen the government if they can declare a moral victory. But Republicans are insisting on humiliating them.