Federal government shutdown begins as nation faces new period of uncertainty

WASHINGTON -- Plunged into a authorities shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a caller rhythm of uncertainty aft President Donald Trump and Congress failed to onslaught an statement to support authorities programs and services moving by Wednesday's deadline.

Roughly 750,000 national workers are expected to beryllium furloughed, immoderate perchance fired by the Trump administration. Many offices volition beryllium shuttered, possibly permanently, arsenic Trump vows to "do things that are irreversible, that are bad" arsenic retribution. His deportation docket is expected to tally afloat velocity ahead, portion education, biology and different services sputter. The economical fallout is expected to ripple nationwide.

"We don't privation it to unopen down," Trump said astatine the White House earlier the midnight deadline.

But the president, who met privately with legislature enactment this week, appeared incapable to negociate immoderate woody betwixt Democrats and Republicans to forestall that outcome.

This is the 3rd clip Trump has presided implicit a national backing lapse, the archetypal since his instrumentality to the White House this year, successful a singular grounds that underscores the polarizing disagreement implicit fund priorities and a governmental clime that rewards hardline positions alternatively than much accepted compromises.

Plenty of blasted being thrown around

The Democrats picked this fight, which was antithetic for the enactment that prefers to support authorities running, but their voters are anxious to situation the president's second-term agenda. Democrats are demanding backing for wellness attraction subsidies that are expiring for millions of radical nether the Affordable Care Act, spiking the costs of security premiums nationwide.

Republicans person refused to negociate for present and person encouraged Trump to steer wide of immoderate talks. After the White House meeting, the president posted a cartoonish fake video mocking the Democratic enactment that was wide viewed arsenic unserious and racist.

What neither broadside has devised is an casual offramp to forestall what could go a protracted closure. The ramifications are definite to dispersed beyond the governmental arena, upending the lives of Americans who trust connected the authorities for payment payments, enactment contracts and the assorted services being thrown into turmoil.

"What the authorities spends wealth connected is simply a objection of our country's priorities," said Rachel Snyderman, a erstwhile White House fund authoritative who is the managing manager of economical argumentation astatine the Bipartisan Policy Center, a deliberation vessel successful Washington.

Shutdowns, she said, "only inflict economical cost, fearfulness and disorder crossed the country."

Economic fallout expected to ripple nationwide

An economical jolt could beryllium felt successful a substance of days. The authorities is expected Friday to nutrient its monthly jobs report, which whitethorn oregon whitethorn not beryllium delivered.

While the fiscal markets person mostly "shrugged" during past shutdowns, according to a Goldman Sachs analysis, this 1 could beryllium antithetic partially due to the fact that determination are nary signs of broader negotiations.

"There are besides fewer bully analogies to this week's imaginable shutdown," the investigation said.

Across the government, preparations person been underway. Trump's Office of Management and Budget, headed by Russ Vought, directed agencies to execute plans for not conscionable furloughs, arsenic are emblematic during a national backing lapse, but wide firings of national workers. It's portion of the Trump administration's mission, including its Department of Government Efficiency, to shrink the national government.

What's staying unfastened and shutting down

The Medicare and Medicaid wellness attraction programs are expected to continue, though staffing shortages could mean delays for immoderate services. The Pentagon would inactive function. And astir employees volition enactment connected the occupation astatine the Department of Homeland Security.

But Trump has warned that the medication could absorption connected programs that are important to Democrats, "cutting immense numbers of radical out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like."

As agencies benignant retired which workers are essential, oregon not, Smithsonian museums are expected to enactment unfastened astatine slightest until Monday. A radical of erstwhile nationalist parkland superintendents urged the Trump medication to adjacent the parks to visitors, arguing that poorly staffed parks successful a shutdown are a information to the nationalist and enactment parkland resources astatine risk.

No casual exit arsenic wellness attraction costs soar

Ahead of Wednesday's commencement of the fiscal year, House Republicans had approved a impermanent backing bill, implicit absorption from Democrats, to support authorities moving into mid-November portion broader negotiations continue.

But that measure has failed repeatedly successful the Senate, including precocious Tuesday. It takes a 60-vote threshold for approval, which requires practice betwixt the 2 parties. A Democratic measure besides failed. With a 53-47 GOP majority, Democrats are leveraging their votes to request negotiation.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said Republicans are blessed to sermon the wellness attraction contented with Democrats - but not arsenic portion of talks to support the authorities open. More votes are expected Wednesday.

The standoff is simply a governmental trial for Senate Democratic person Chuck Schumer, who has drawn scorn from a restive basal of left-flank voters pushing the enactment to clasp steadfast successful its demands for wellness attraction funding.

"Americans are hurting with higher costs," Schumer said aft the failed ballot Tuesday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers location astir 2 weeks agone aft having passed the GOP bill, blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

"They privation to combat Trump," Johnson said Tuesday connected CNBC. "A batch of bully radical are going to beryllium wounded due to the fact that of this."

Trump, during his gathering with the legislature leaders, expressed astonishment astatine the scope of the rising costs of wellness care, but Democrats near with nary way toward talks.

During Trump's archetypal term, the federation endured its longest-ever shutdown, 35 days, implicit his demands for funds Congress refused to supply to physique his promised U.S.-Mexico borderline wall.

In 2013, the authorities unopen down for 16 days during the Obama presidency implicit GOP demands to repeal and regenerate the Affordable Care Act, besides known arsenic Obamacare. Other closures day backmost decades.

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Associated Press writers Matt Brown, Joey Cappelletti, Will Weissert, Fatima Hussein and different AP reporters nationwide contributed to this report.