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Essential services like mail delivery, air traffic control, and Social Security payments will continue.

Non-essential functions, such as national parks, may close or have limited services.

The government has shut down after Republicans and Democrats were unable to come to an agreement on funding.

Congressional Democrats had refused to support any funding extensions that didn't address a slate of health care demands . Republicans refused to budge and, unable to come to a deal , the partial government shutdown began on Oct. 1 at 12:01 a.m.

During the shutdown, "essential" government services such as the U.S. Postal Service and air traffic control continue working, but "non-essential" functions like national parks close or cut staffing.

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