WASHINGTON — A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, with Democrats and Republicans in Congress unable to find agreement even as thousands of federal workers stand to be furloughed or laid off.

What You Need To Know • President Donald Trump is blaming Democrats as a partisan standoff over health care and spending threatens to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years • Democrats and Republicans in Congress are unable to find agreement even as thousands of federal workers stand to be furloughed or laid off • The government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday if the Senate does not pass a House measure that would extend federal funding for seven weeks • Senate Demo

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