Trump is imploring McConnell to change the Senate’s rules in order to pass the spending bill with money for a border wall. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)WASHINGTON — The Latest on efforts to avoid a government shutdown (all times local):10:50 a.m.President Donald Trump is meeting with Republican senators as a midnight deadline approaches to avoid a partial government shutdown. Among the senators who have gone to the White House are Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Richard Shelby, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Trump has bent to conservative pressure and overruled many advisers by backing away from a stopgap bill without the wall money that would have averted the looming shutdown. Senators already passed their own short-term spending bill with border security money, but that plan provided no money for the wall.

Source: Washington Post December 21, 2018 00:56 UTC