Government shutdown updates: Leavitt says Trump exploring cutting aid to Portland

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer late on Monday responded to a post from President Donald Trump, saying the president could "only throw tantrums" rather than negotiating a deal to avert a potential government shutdown.

"If you think your shutdown is a joke, it just proves what we all know: You can’t negotiate," Schumer said. "You can only throw tantrums."

The reply followed an earlier post by Trump that included a manipulated video featuring likenesses of Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Jeffries and Schumer met earlier Monday with Trump in the Oval Office as part of bipartisan talks seeking a deal to avert a shutdown, which would begin at midnight on Wednesday.

-ABC News’ Justin Gomez

Attorney General Pam Bondi formalized her directive dispatching "all necessary officers" from ATF, the U.S. Marshals, DEA and FBI "to defend ICE facilities and personnel whenever and wherever they come under attack, including Portland and Chicago."

Bondi previously announced the directive in social media posts over the weekend.

In her memo, Bondi said she has directed the department to evaluate whether existing grant fundings and other technical assistance can be proved to federal, state and local authorities providing assistance to ICE facilities.

She added that funding could also be used toward "the purchase of body-worn cameras and other such equipment" that may be deemed necessary by federal authorities.

"The Department of Justice will arrest and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law every person who aids, abets, or conspires to commit these crimes, whether through funding, coordination, planning, or other means," Bondi said.

-ABC News’ Alex Mallin

Federal government employees who oversee firings will be allowed to continue working during a government shutdown, the Office of Personnel Management said in a memo Monday.

The guidance appears to pave the way for the Trump administration to follow through on plans to lay off federal workers if the government shuts down.

In another change in policy from past shutdowns, furloughed federal employees will be able to use government-issued computers -- to check for emails announcing layoffs, OPM said in the memo. In past shutdowns, furloughed workers have been prohibited from using official laptops for any reason.

-ABC News’ Benjamin Siegel

Vice President JD Vance said Monday the government appears headed for a shutdown on Wednesday “because Democrats won’t do the right thing.”

Congressional leaders from both parties met with Trump at the White House Monday but left without a deal to extend funding past the 12:01 a.m. Wednesday deadline with both sides blaming the other for the stalemate.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters that "large differences" remain -- particularly on health care.

House Speaker Mike Johnson accused the Democrats of inserting “extraneous issues” into the discussions.

“If the Democrats make the decisions to shut the government down, the consequences are on them.”

While Vance said Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeen Jeffries offered some “reasonable” ideas, “What’s not reasonable is to hold those ideas as leverage and to shut down the government unless we give you everything you want.”

Senate Majority Leader John Thune called the Democrats’ demands "a hijacking of the American people, and it's the American people that are going to pay the price."