Top Democrats claim President Donald Trump has walked out of a meeting with congressional leaders as talks to end the partial government shutdown remain at an impasse.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Mr Trump asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at Wednesday's White House meeting whether she would agree to fund his border wall.
When she said "no", Mr Schumer said, Mr Trump got up and said: "Then we have nothing to discuss." Mr Schumer added: "And he just walked out."
Mr Trump, in a tweet, called the meeting "a total waste of time".
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He tweeted that once Ms Pelosi rejected his long-stalled border wall, he "said bye-bye, nothing else works!"
