By Sahil Kapur and Scott Wong WASHINGTON — Senators met privately on Wednesday to discuss off-ramps to prevent a government shutdown this weekend, with both parties recognizing that a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security cannot pass in its current form. A recent funding deal that passed the House last week has been upended by the DHS killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota over the weekend — and the subsequent public outcry, which prompted Democrats and a top Republican to say the department should not be funded without policy changes. The deadline is Friday at 11:59 p.m. ET, leaving little time to hash out a solution that can achieve
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