Congressional leaders emerged from a meeting with President Biden on Tuesday saying they were optimistic about averting a partial government shutdown at the end of the week‚ but remained short of a plan to do so before a Friday deadline. Speaker Mike Johnson‚ who is facing intense pressure from Mr. Biden‚ Democrats and Senate Republicans to agree to a spending deal over the fierce objections of right-wing lawmakers in his ranks‚ suggested he might be ready to do so in the coming days. “We...