President Donald Trump is hosting Republican senators in the White House Rose Garden for a lunch at noon on Tuesday.
The luncheon comes on the 21st day of the government shutdown, and congressional Democrats and Republicans seem no closer to agreeing on a resolution to end the lapse in funding.
THUNE URGES TRUMP TO DROP NOMINEE WHO ALLEGEDLY MADE RACIST REMARKS IN LEAKED CHAT
Several Senate Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), spoke out yesterday against Paul Ingrassia, the Trump-appointed nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.
Their condemnation of the nominee came after several racist and antisemitic remarks Ingrassia allegedly made in a group text were leaked to the press.
