Senate Republicans failed on Monday to find a solution to the looming government shutdown, in part because they aren’t sure what President Trump might agree to in talks with Democrats.

Republicans have effectively been frozen out of the talks and are in a wait-and-see mode as Trump and Democrats battle it out in public. Without a deal by Friday, federal workers across seven agencies would face furloughs after spending authorization expires.

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