The U.S. government officially shut down at midnight after Congress and the White House failed to reach an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.

Roughly 750,000 federal workers are expected to be furloughed, some potentially fired by the Trump administration. Many offices will be shuttered, perhaps permanently, as President Donald Trump vows to “do things that are irreversible, that are bad” as retribution.

Other functions — like NASA’s space missions, President Trump’s immigration crackdown and certain public health work at FDA and the USDA — would continue.

It’s the first government shutdown since 2018, in Trump’s first term, which was the longest ever at 34 days, lasting into early 2019. As of Wednesday morning, there was no clear path

See Full Page