WASHINGTON —

The government shut down at midnight after Congress failed to agree on a funding plan for the new budget year, leaving federal operations in limbo.

Overnight, both Republicans and Democrats voted down their respective plans to extend the budget for seven weeks, with Sen. John Fetterman voting for the GOP plan and Sen. Rand Paul voting against both bills.

The shutdown could persist due to the lack of compromise on Democrats' demands to extend subsidies for private health insurance and retract cuts to Medicaid .

Sen. Chuck Schumer , the Democratic minority leader, said, "We will continue to focus on health care, and the American people will be completely on our side."

President Donald Trump commented, "A lot of good can come down from shutdowns. We can get rid of

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