The United States is once again staring at a government shutdown as a deeply divided Congress scrambles to reach a funding agreement before the September 30, 2025 deadline. Federal funding is set to expire at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday unless lawmakers can strike a deal. If no resolution is reached, large portions of the federal government will be forced to suspend operations, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers without pay and disrupting essential services relied on by millions of Americans.

The confrontation has become about far more than just budget numbers, pitting President Donald Trump’s push for sweeping federal workforce reforms against Democratic leaders’ resistance to cuts in healthcare and domestic programmes.

Trump is scheduled to meet the top four congressional lea

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