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The federal government is set to shut down at midnight on Oct. 1 if Congress fails to pass funding for the new fiscal year.

Essential services like Social Security, Medicare, and mail delivery will continue, but non-essential services like national parks will close.

Federal employees may be eligible for unemployment benefits during a shutdown, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

The last government shutdown, from 2018 to 2019, was the longest in U.S. history at 35 days.

President Donald Trump is holding out for Congress to avoid a government shutdown after a meeting with top officials Monday failed to produce a resolution to a 2025 U.S. government shutdown .

Here's what we know about when a government shutdown could take place, what will

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