President Donald Trump is meeting privately with congressional Republicans at the White House. Thursday's meeting comes as Trump's GOP allies on Capitol Hill are arguing with themselves over the size,

N.J., discusses the importance of getting the budget deal done, his reaction to a judge extending the buyout deadline for federal workers and concerns about a Chinese-linked company's billion-dollar E-ZPass contract.

Speaker Mike Johnson had GOP lawmakers working into the night ahead of a self-imposed Friday deadline to produce the package, after having blown past an earlier timeline to draft the contours of a bill that could begin making its long journey through Congress to the president’s desk.