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The U.S. government has shut down, as of 12:01 a.m. ET on Oct. 1, 2025

The shutdown went into effect after Congress failed to come to an agreement over their new budget before the midnight deadline

This is the first government shutdown since 2019

The U.S. government has shut down, after Congress came to a standstill on passing a spending bill that would finance the government beyond Tuesday, Sept. 30.

Amid disagreements on how federal funding should be allocated, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans failed to change the minds of Democrats, who held the line on their demands for Obamacare tax credits.

“Our position has been very clear: cancel the cuts, lower the costs, save healthcare,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said on ABC's This Week ov

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