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WASHINGTON – The White House confirmed Wednesday that President Donald Trump has not engaged in direct conversations with Democratic members of Congress in recent days regarding potential government shutdown issues.<\/p>

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made the statement during Wednesday’s briefing, clarifying the current level of communication between the administration and Democratic leadership on the matter.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The White House confirmed Wednesday that President Trump has not engaged in direct conversations with Democratic members of Congress regarding potential government shutdown concerns. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made the statement during Wednesday’s briefing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1771443942145.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-5SQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33742,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/white-house-trump-considering-americas-future-role-in-iran-after-military-action\/","url_meta":{"origin":22620,"position":0},"title":"White House: Trump Considering America’s Future Role in Iran After Military Action","author":"Admin","date":"March 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"President Trump is consulting with advisors about potential U.S. involvement in Iran following ongoing military operations. 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