Shutdown Takes Effect After Last-Minute Talks Fail to Break Impasse
The federal government shut down hours after the House and the Senate adjourned without a compromise on Trump’s border wall demands.
In a video on Twitter, Trump said “there’s nothing we can do” about the shutdown because “we need the Democrats to give us their votes.”
The capital readied itself for how the fallout would affect nine federal departments and several other agencies, including hundreds of thousands of federal employees.