Funding for part of the federal government is set to run out at midnight Friday. However, Congress is expected to pass — and President Trump to approve — a brief stopgap spending measure to delay a likely partial shutdown until after former President George H.W. Bush's funeral events are completed.
"If they come to talk about an extension because of President Bush's passing, I would absolutely consider it and probably give it," Trump told reporters Saturday.
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