PHOTO: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he meets with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Mar. 12, 2025.

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Clock ticks down to government shutdown deadline

President Donald Trump is scheduled on Thursday to meet with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, hours after the president’s envoy arrived in Moscow to discuss a possible Russia-Ukraine ceasefire.

Fallout continues from Trump’s tariff policy, with new levies slapped on steel and aluminum imports, as well as his administration’s reshaping of the federal government as layoffs begin at the Department of Education.

Meanwhile, shutdown focus moves to the Senate after the House passed a stopgap measure to keep the government funded after Friday’s deadeline.

Here’s how the news is developing: