The United States is on the verge of a government shutdown, when large parts of the federal administration are forced to stop work because Congress has not approved money to keep them running. If no agreement is reached by midnight on 30 September, agencies will begin closing on 1 October, the start of the new fiscal year.

Such a shutdown would leave hundreds of thousands of federal employees without pay , disrupt services from food safety inspections to air travel, and risk damaging the world’s largest economy. The confrontation has pitted President Donald Trump and his Republican allies against Democrats in Congress, who are demanding the extension of healthcare subsidies and the reversal of cuts to domestic programmes.

According to AP , Trump has repeatedly said he expects a shu

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