US govt shutdown, round two: How Donald Trump’s last standoff unfolded

In 2018, the United States experienced its longest government shutdown in history, delaying $18 billion in federal spending and shaving 0.2% off the nation’s GDP. Less than seven years later, the US federal government is again in a shutdown, once more with Donald Trump at the helm. 24 hours into current the shutdown, federal agencies have already begun preparing mass furloughs and possible layoffs. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warned that “layoffs were imminent,” while the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) put a hold on $18 billion of infrastructure funds for New York’s subway and Hudson Tunnel projects – both tied to Democratic leaders. With no funding resolution in sight, hundreds of thousands of federal workers face missed pay cheques, national parks and museum