Trump Renews Threats With Congress Mired in a Shutdown Brawl (1)

Congressional leaders continued to blame the other party for the US government shutdown as President Donald Trump doubled down on his threats to use the stalemate, now in its ninth day, to make sweeping cuts to Democratic priorities and the federal bureaucracy.

There was no sign of progress as government workers and military personnel prepare for missed paychecks and the general public begins to feel the effects of the closure on everything from taxpayer services to air travel.

With no deal in sight, senators will leave Washington Thursday night and aren’t due to return until Tuesday. That puts US ...