Jeffries: Trump hasn’t given Johnson ‘permission’ to meet over shutdown
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday that President Trump hasn’t granted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republicans “permission” to negotiate about the government shutdown, which is in its 13th day. “Speaker Mike Johnson and I have not met because Donald Trump has not given them permission to meet,” Jeffries told MSNBC. “We…
