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Welcome to The Logoff: The federal government is hours away from the start of a near-certain shutdown — and, potentially, an unprecedented power grab by President Donald Trump.

What’s going on? Government funding runs out tonight at midnight, which means the government will shut down at 12:01 am tomorrow unless Congress passes a funding bill first. After talks between Trump and congressional Democrats fell through on Monday, that doesn’t look like it will happen.

Why hasn’t Congress passed a funding bill? Even though Republicans have unified control of the government, they need Democratic votes in the Senate

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