Sri Lanka, Oct. 20 -- The 20-day United States federal government shutdown is likely to end this week, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Monday (Oct 20).

"I think the Schumer shutdown is likely to end sometime this week," White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said in an interview on CNBC, referring to Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer.

Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, said his "friends in the Senate" believed it was "bad optics for Democrats to open the government before the No Kings rallies and that now there's a shot that this week things will come together".

Protesters from all age groups took to the streets for No Kings rallies across the US on Saturday, denouncing what they view as...