US government closure It started after President Trump and Congress failed to reach funding deals by Wednesday’s deadline. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers face Farrow and many offices are closed.
Trump is threatening irreversible behavior as he tries to punish Democrats. Democrats chose this fight to save money on expired healthcare subsidies and demand funds to raise insurance costs. Republicans refused to negotiate. More votes are expected on Wednesday.
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House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, DN.Y., Center, D-Calif. , D-Calif. , D-Mass. D-Mass, a centre adjacent to Rep. Katherine Clark. Apple White)
The sun sets behind the Capitol and the Washington monument. It can be seen from inside the Capitol in Washington as votes failed in the Senate, which is expected to lead to government shutdowns on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jaclyn Martin)
Senate Majority Leader John Tune, Rs.D. speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. The US government is on the verge of the first federal closure in almost seven years.
Lane Morrison on the left of Washington State and Courtney Creek in Silver Spring, Maryland, have been let go of work with the Education Department and USAID-funded grants, respectively, and hold signs of looming government closures during a rally with former federal employees, in Capitol Hill, Washington, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jaclyn Martin)
Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Senate Minority in New York, will listen as he speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jaclyn Martin)
On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, if the Senate does not pass the House measures extending seven weeks at Washington’s Capitol, the government will tour the Capitol in the middle of the night towards closure.
The stairs will lead to the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, before federal money runs out at the end of Washington’s fiscal year.
President Donald Trump is walking from a Marine after arriving on the Southern Lawn of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The sunset will be seen from the Capitol Building on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, before a Republican and Democrat press conference on the government closures in Capitol Hill, Washington. (AP Photo/Jaclyn Martin)
