A deep impasse between Republican President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats has triggered the 15th U.S. government shutdown since 1981. Here’s a look at what it will take to reopen the government.

WHAT DO REPUBLICANS WANT?

Trump’s Republicans control both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and they have already scored big budget wins this year. The massive legislation called the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” passed in July, boosted spending for defense and immigration enforcement, rolled back spending on green energy and other Democratic priorities, while making major cuts in the Medicaid healthcare program for low-income and disabled people to help pay for tax cuts focused mainly on the wealthy.

Republicans also have broadly supported the White House’s efforts to claw ba

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