Shutdown looms as Trump refuses to sign spending bill!

• "The president said he will not sign this bill," House Speaker Paul Ryan said.

US President Donald Trump told congressional Republicans on Thursday he would not sign a bill to fund the government because it doesn't include money for his border wall with Mexico, throwing the budget process into deep disarray and risking a federal shutdown this weekend.

"The president said he will not sign this bill," House Speaker Paul Ryan said exiting a hastily called meeting with Trump and other GOP lawmakers at the White House.

The House had been set to vote on the bill on Thursday, before a deadline at midnight Friday to fund parts of the government or risk a partial shutdown just before Christmas.The White House suggested earlier on Thursday that Trump was not onboard with the critical spending agreement because it lacked billions of dollars for "steel slats or a wall" at the Mexican border.

And Trump himself lashed out at Republican leaders on Twitter after speaking by telephone with Ryan. Then Trump's press secretary issued a statement saying the president "does not want to go further without border security," including money for the wall.