Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.

WASHINGTON: Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a…

The US government faces a partial shutdown from Wednesday unless Republicans and Democrats can agree on a spending bill.

The President has until Tuesday evening to make a deal with Democratic legislators.

President Trump signed a government funding bill but it will still take days - even weeks - for things to go back to normal.

In talk show appearances ahead of a sit-down with Trump to hash out the looming government shutdown, both sides continued digging in their heels.

President Donald Trump failed to strike an agreement with congressional leaders to keep the government funded.

Democrats demanded a White House meeting but came away empty-handed.

The chances of a government shutdown rose after both parties' congressional leaders, meeting with President Donald Trump, didn't agree on a stopgap funding.

There’s no telling how long this shutdown will last.

Senate Democrats voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown. Key US politics stories from 30 September 2025

The shutdown could cause hundreds of thousands of federal workers to be furloughed and a slew of key programs and services to be shuttered.

U.S. government shutdown leads to uncertainty, furloughs, and potential firings as Trump and Congress fail to reach agreement.

WASHINGTON: The US government began shutting down after midnight Wednesday as lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse during acrimonious talks that…

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers could now be furloughed, and national parks and museums could close.

The U.S. government shut down early Wednesday after the Trump administration and Democrats failed to to agree on a funding resolution.

Wednesday marks the first federal government shutdown since December 2018, when a standoff over border wall funding during President Trump's first term led to a historic 35-day…

A bitter deadlock between President Trump and Democrats in Congress over federal spending is expected to disrupt services and leave many workers furloughed, and possibly cause…

“We don’t want it to shut down,” Trump said at the White House before the midnight deadline, but he was unable to strike a deal.

The US government has had 20 funding gaps, resulting in 10 shutdowns since 1976, the longest lasting 35 days.

Congress has been at an impasse over funding legislation. How will the government shutdown end?