The Brief

Democrats and Republicans are deadlocked, with disputes over health care funding blocking a short-term budget deal.

Without an agreement by Tuesday night, nonessential government offices will close and federal workers will face furloughs or unpaid work.

Essential services will continue, but parks, courts, and many civilian operations would be disrupted.

WASHINGTON - Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are scrambling to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions.

If government funding legislation isn’t passed by Congress and signed by Trump on Tuesday night, many government offices across the nation will be temporarily shuttered and nonexempt federal employees will be furloughed, adding

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