WASHINGTON, D.C.: US President Donald Trump clashed with Democratic leaders in dramatic fashion on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), heaping pressure on Congress to craft a compromise on federal spending or face a crippling government shutdown in 10 days.

Hours after the president suggested a funding deal with Democrats may be impossible, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer pulled out of a planned White House meeting with Trump that they said would be fruitless.

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