Trump, Schumer exchange shots as shutdown looms

WASHINGTON — With the clock ticking down to a midnight deadline Friday, Senate leaders including Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York were scrambling to reach a deal that would avert a partial government shutdown.The Republican-controlled Senate late Friday side-stepped consideration of a House-passed measure that would give President Donald Trump his long-sought $5 billion border wall, which Schumer and other Democrats have derided as expensive, ineffective and unnecessary."I hope Senate D