The United States federal government shut down at 12:01am East Coast time (04:01 GMT) on Wednesday after Congress failed to pass a new spending bill, forcing operations considered inessential to close.
President Donald Trump has threatened to use the budget deadlock to push through mass layoffs of federal employees.
Democrats and Republicans remain divided over spending priorities as Democrats push to protect healthcare, social programmes and foreign aid while Republicans demand cuts.
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News Source: www.aljazeera.com
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