Watch live coverage as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a press briefing after U.S. government officially shut down at midnight as President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats blamed each other for failing to reach an agreement in a bitter standoff over funding the government. It marks the 15th government shutdown since 1981, and there’s no immediate end in sight as congressional Democrats demand health-care policy changes that Trump and Republicans have refused to entertain.

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