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The U.S. government has shut down after Congress failed to pass funding for the new fiscal year.

Essential services like Social Security, Medicare, and mail delivery will continue, but non-essential functions will close.

Federal employees may be eligible for unemployment compensation during the shutdown.

The last government shutdown, which was the longest in U.S. history, lasted 35 days from 2018 to 2019.

The government is shut down after a meeting with President Donald Trump and top officials Monday, Sept. 29 failed to produce a resolution ahead of the new fiscal year.

Here's what we know about when the government shutdown is taking place, what will remain open and what will close , social security benefits, the impact on Kentucky and more.

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