As the clock struck midnight on October 1, the US government shut down as democrats and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse, as the democrats demanded health care funding.

Each year, Congress drafts detailed spending bills for most US government agencies, but rarely completes them before the fiscal year begins on October 1. The current stopgap bill expired on September 30.

As Trump's Republicans control both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Bill that they passed in July – called the “One Big Beautiful Bill” rolled back spending on green energy, making major cuts in Medicaid for low-income and disabled persons. US government shutdown

This year, Democrats insisted that any spending bill include provisions to keep the expanded Affordable Care Act health

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