The federal government is just hours away from a shutdown unless Congress reaches a last-minute deal on funding.

All signs were pointing to a shutdown at 9:01 p.m. Pacific time after Democrat and Republicans remained at an impasse on competing measures to fund the government Tuesday evening.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday a shutdown was likely, echoing similar comments from Vice President JD Vance in a Monday press conference. Both sides are blaming each other for the likely shutdown. As of midday Tuesday on the East Coast, there were no signs congressional leaders planned to meet again to negotiate.

What is the standoff about?

House Republicans passed a measure to fund the government until Nov. 21, but Democrats have refused to back the spending bill in an effort to force Republi

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