The federal government is headed toward a shutdown Wednesday morning: Congress failed to pass any funding to kick off fiscal 2026, which will cause hundreds of thousands of federal employees to be furloughed and the rest of the civil service to continue working without immediate pay.

In a 55-45 tally, the Senate on Tuesday once again rejected a seven-week stopgap funding bill that would have kept agencies afloat through Nov. 21 after all but a few Democrats voted to block the measure. All Republicans supported the House-backed bill, but it failed to reach the 60-vote threshold necessary to pass it and keep government open.

Agencies will shutter for the first time since 2019 amid President Trump’s continued threat to lay off large portions of the federal workforce. The Office of Managemen

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