In the day's other headlines, President Trump scrapped a planned meeting with the top two Democrats in Congress as a potential government shutdown looms.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries were set to meet with the president this week to discuss their demands for health care funding in any deal to keep the government open.

In a lengthy post online, Mr. Trump called those demands

unserious and ridiculous, and that a meeting couldn't possibly be productive. He did leave the door

open to future talks, but only if Democrats, in his words, get serious about the future of our nation.

Later in the day, Senator Schumer said if it comes to a shutdown, President Trump

is to blame.

Donald Trump has shown the American people he is not up to the job. It's a very simple

job. Sit down and negotiate with the Democratic leaders and come to an agreement. But he just

ain't up to it. He runs away before the negotiations even begin.

If the GOP-led Congress and the president can't agree on a spending plan by next week, much of the

federal government would then shut down starting Wednesday, October 1st. Dozens of the

nation's historically black colleges and universities are preparing for an

influx of funding after a massive donation from billionaire philanthropist McKenzie Scott.

She's giving $70 million to UNCF. That's the nation's largest private scholarship

provider to students of color. The donation is part of UNCF's ongoing effort to raise $1 billion

to equalize funding disparities that HBCUs face in comparison to other universities. UNCF says Scott's

donation will be used for a pooled endowment, which aims to provide $10 million to each of the 37

UNCF member colleges.

In southern China, authorities closed schools and businesses and flights were canceled

as the region braces for the impact of Super Typhoon Ragasa.

Local weather officials say the storm is packing maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour as it moves west across

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