US government shuts down after funding deal collapses amid Trump threats
The US government has partially shut down after lawmakers failed to agree on a temporary spending bill, triggering the first funding lapse since 2018
WASHINGTON (MNTV) – The US government has partially shut down after lawmakers failed to agree on a temporary spending bill, triggering the first funding lapse since 2018.
Funding expired at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday after both Democratic and Republican stopgap proposals were rejected in the Senate.
The shutdown halts several non-essential services, including economic data releases and small business loan approvals, while essential workers such as law enforcement, the military and air traffic controllers will remain on duty without pay.
Social security and food assistance will continue.
President Donald Trump has raised the stakes by threatening to use the shutdown to shrink the federal workforce. “We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible … like cutting vast numbers of people out,” Trump told reporters.
He added that many of those affected would be Democrats.
The confrontation follows weeks of partisan clashes. Democrats opposed a Republican bill that extended funding for nine weeks without healthcare provisions, while Republicans rejected a Democratic plan with over $1 trillion in healthcare spending.
Both measures fell short of the 60 Senate votes required.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Republicans of forcing a “shutdown rather than fixing healthcare,” while the White House branded it a “Democrat shutdown” online.
This is the 15th partial shutdown since 1980. The longest—lasting 34 days—occurred during Trump’s first term in 2018–19.
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