US Government Shutdown: Two days have passed since the United States government entered its first shutdown in nearly seven years. Triggered by a political impasse over enhanced Obamacare subsidies, the shutdown reflects a deepening budget standoff between President Donald Trump’s administration and Senate Democrats . As lawmakers fail to reach an agreement, hundreds of thousands of federal employees find themselves facing an uncertain workweek , with large-scale furloughs beginning to take shape across key departments.

A “government shutdown" refers to the closure of non-essential federal services when Congress fails to approve the budget needed to run them. While emergency and essential services such as border patrol and air traffic control continue, large swathes of the bureauc

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