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A partial government shutdown looms after President Trump and Democrats failed to reach a spending agreement.

Essential services like Social Security, Medicare, and mail delivery will continue, but nonessential services will stop.

National parks may close, and air travel could face delays due to unpaid TSA agents and air traffic controllers not coming to work.

A partial government shutdown looms Oct. 1 after President Donald Trump and Democrats emerged from a private White House meeting on Sept. 29 without an agreement to keep the federal government open.

Partisan spending disputes occasionally shut down parts of the government for a few days or a few weeks. Traditionally, "essential" workers and services, such as military troops or Social Security bene

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