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WASHINGTON ‒ The federal government shut down at midnight as President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats blamed each other for failing to reach an agreement in a bitter funding standoff.

It marks the 15th government shutdown since 1981, and there’s no end in sight as Democratic lawmakers demand health care policy changes that Trump and Republicans have refused to entertain .

The shutdown came after Senate Democrats on Tuesday night again voted down a Republican proposal to keep the government at existing funding levels through Nov. 21.

About 750,000 federal employees ranging from workers at national parks to financial regulators could be furloughed under a shutdown, accord

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