Trump, Schumer Hold Rare Meeting at White House to Discuss Gateway Tunnel Project

President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) held a rare meeting at the White House on Thursday to discuss an array of issues. Schumer’s top concern was the Trump administration’s hold on the $16 billion Gateway tunnel project between New York and New Jersey. “In the meeting, Leader Schumer emphasized the urgent need to promptly release the already-secured funds for the Gateway Program—the most important infrastructure project in the nation employing thousands of workers and vital to New York and the entire Northeast economy,” Schumer’s office said in a readout of the meeting. According to Schumer, Trump requested the meeting....