Day 13 of the shutdown: The two parties in the United States continue to prevaricate, and the speaker of the House of Representatives warns of a record-breaking shutdown

Jefferies, the Democratic minority leader in the House of Representatives, said on Monday that Mr. Trump had not yet allowed Mr. Johnson, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and other Republicans to negotiate the government shutdown, which is now in its 13th day. "Speaker Johnson and I did not meet because Mr. Trump did not give them permission," Mr. Jefferies said. "We know that until Mr. Trump allows them to meet, they will continue to evade and remain silent about sitting down and negotiating a bipartisan agreement." Earlier the same day, Mr. Johnson said that if Democrats did not accept the Republican-backed temporary funding bill, the shutdown would likely be the longest in US history, surpassing the 35-day shutdown in 2018-19. "Republicans are eager to get back to the real negotiating table, get the full year's appropriations done and deal with other things before us," Mr. Johnson said. "But we will not negotiate in a back room or be held hostage."