Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

President Trump is asking the Department of Justice to pay him $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.

That's according to a New York Times report not confirmed by NPR.

The probes include his 2016 campaign's ties to Russia and his handling of classified documents, Trump told reporters

in the Oval Office that he deserves to be paid back.

As far as all of the litigation and everything that's going about, yeah, they're probably

only a lot of money. But if I get money from our country, I'll do something nice with it,

like give it to charity or give it to the White House while we restore the White House.

Any settlement might ultimately be signed off by officials who defended Trump in those cases.

On day 21 of the government shutdown, leaders of both parties continued to trade calls urging the other to end it.

NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he asked for a meeting with President Trump,

ahead of Trump's upcoming trip to Asia.

Things get worse every day for the American people. He should sit down with us,

negotiate in a serious way before he goes away. Democrats insist any funding deal must address expiring health care subsidies.

After attending a lunch hosted by Trump for Senate Republicans at the White House,

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the president is willing to talk, but...

The government needs to open up, and then we're happy to sit down and talk about any other issues

that Democrats want to talk about.

Thune plans to bring up a bill to pay federal employees who are still working during the shutdown.

Deirdre Walsh, and PR News, the Capitol.

President Trump has put plans on hold for his next summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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