U.S. government shuts down as Trump and Congress fail to reach a funding deal

By Sahil Kapur, Julie Tsirkin and Gabe Gutierrez  The U.S. government officially shut down at midnight after Congress and the White House failed to reach an agreement on how to extend federal funding. President Donald Trump’s Republican Party controls both chambers of Congress, but it needs Democratic support to pass a bill in the Senate, where 60 votes are […]