🚨 Government Shutdown Update 🚨 As of 12:01 a.m. ET, October 1, 2025, the United States federal government officially entered a shutdown after Congress failed to pass a budget in time. 📍 This shutdown is nationwide – it is not just the East Coast. It affects all of the U.S., though the impact may look different depending on the state or agency. ✅ What stays open: • Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits will continue. • Mail delivery (USPS) will still run. • Essential services like a

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The government shutdown is now in its 30th day — and tensions in Congress are rising, though bipartisan talks have been ongoing. Republican leader Sen. John Thune and New Mexico Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján sparred in the Senate chamber Wednesday, after Sen. Luján and other Senate Democrats introduced a bill to fully fund nutritional programs like WIC and SNAP. Sen. Thune said Republicans who have voted to reopen the government want those programs to be funded when the government opens back up:

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