The US government entered a shutdown early Wednesday (Oct 1, 2025) after Congress failed to reach a funding deal, marking the nation’s 15th shutdown since 1981 and the first since the record 35-day closure of 2018–19.

The deadlock arose after Senate Democrats blocked a Republican stopgap bill, which would have funded the government through November 21. Democrats demanded the inclusion of health-care subsidy extensions and a rollback of Medicaid cuts, conditions Republicans refused to accept.

As a result, federal agencies began closing at 12:01 am, forcing as many as 750,000 federal employees into furlough at an estimated cost of $400 million per day. Essential personnel, including troops, will remain on duty without pay. The shutdown is set to delay key economic data releases such as Fri

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