US shutdown: Trump To Sign Off on Back Pay for Federal Workers

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday is expected to sign legislation providing 800,000 federal employees with back pay when the partial government shutdown ends, even though a conclusion to the impasse remains nowhere in sight.

As the shutdown stretches into its 26th day, Trump is also scheduled to meet with a bipartisan group of politicians.

Whether the meeting is related to the shutdown was not immediately clear, however. Neither the White House nor politicians' offices immediately responded to a request for details.

Meanwhile, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Trump to reschedule the annual State of the Union, an address in which the president outlines the administration's goals for the year. The speech is currently scheduled for January 29.