Government shutdown begins as Congress fails to pass funding bill

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The government shutdown has begun, and it’s plunging the U.S. into a fresh cycle of uncertainty.

The United States government has partially shut down after last-ditch efforts by lawmakers to pass a spending bill failed. Funding to keep the federal government running expired at 00:01 EDT (04:01 GMT) on Wednesday after Democrats and Republicans in the US Senate rejected rival stopgap proposals.

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