US government shutdown: What happens and who's affected? DW 10/01/2025
The federal government has shut down because lawmakers failed to pass stopgap funding, halting nonessential agency operations and pausing pay for federal employees and contractors.
US government shutdown begins as partisan division rules Washington
A U.S. government shutdown began, halting services, risking 750,000 furloughs, withholding troop pay, disrupting data and travel, and prompting threats of permanent cuts.