Government Shutdown Enters 14th Day; Trump Set to Meet with Zelenskyy | NTD Good Morning

Senators are returning to Capitol Hill on Tuesday with no deal in sight to reopen the government as the shutdown enters the 14th day. The Treasury Department said it’s adjusting payment processes to ensure active-duty service members can continue to be paid during the shutdown. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Monday that this could yet become the longest shutdown in history. Democrats remain insistent that Republicans must negotiate on health care policy before they’ll cast the votes needed to end the deadlock.

President Donald Trump is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday. The two leaders are expected to discuss air defense. Kyiv has been pressing the United States for Tomahawk missiles, but Trump said he may speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin before making a final decision. The president also confirmed plans to meet with China’s Xi Jinping at the APEC summit later this month.

A powerful nor’easter has battered the East Coast for three days, killing at least one person and flooding coastal towns from New York to Delaware. In Alaska, the remnants of Typhoon Halong have left a trail of devastation, sweeping homes away and killing at least one person. In Arizona, storms have turned streets into rivers, leaving one dead and tens of thousands without power.