Democratic Party struggles with government shutdown strategy while progressives criticize Chuck Schumer's leadership and consider Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as alternative.

The party’s lawmakers are willing to withhold the votes needed to keep the government open in an effort to extend healthcare subsidies.

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman had a blunt message for members of his own party amid tense negotiations over a potential government shutdown.

President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans believe there is only one way to avert a shutdown at midnight on Tuesday — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has to change his mind.

Trump’s sit-down on Monday with Jeffries, Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) was his first since becoming president in January. He canceled a meeting with Democrats last week, declaring that no meeting could possibly be productive.

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared on Fox News Monday and accused Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of deliberately risking a government shutdown to appease the far-left wing of his party.

Those dynamics could change Monday, when the president has agreed to host Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Johnson and Thune. Democrats believe the high-stakes meeting means the GOP is feeling pressure to compromise with them.

President Donald Trump on Monday posted a profane, apparently AI-modified video of Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, mocking the White House’s main negotiating partners as the government heads towards a looming shutdown.

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen joins CNN’s Jake Tapper to discuss his party’s strategy ahead of a looming government shutdown.