The federal government officially shut down Wednesday after lawmakers were unable to strike a deal on a funding bill, marking the nation’s first shutdown in nearly seven years.

The last shutdown — which took place during President Donald Trump’s first term — lasted 35 days and furloughed about 380,000 federal workers. This time, the impact is even larger. Roughly 750,000 employees are expected to be furloughed, and more than two million are working without pay.

President Trump signaled Wednesday that the shutdown could bring sweeping changes to the federal workforce.

“We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible by them. Like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like,” Trump said.

Some federal services will immediat

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