{"id":21940,"date":"2025-10-01T12:39:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21940"},"modified":"2025-10-01T12:39:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:39:51","slug":"us-government-shutdown-begins-amid-deep-partisan-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/10\/01\/us-government-shutdown-begins-amid-deep-partisan-standoff\/","title":{"rendered":"US government shutdown begins amid deep partisan standoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The United States government has officially entered a shutdown, its 15th since 1981, after sharp partisan divisions blocked a funding deal in Congress.<\/strong><br><br>The closure, which began Wednesday, is expected to furlough 750,000 federal employees, disrupt key services, and cost the economy $400 million per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deadlock will immediately halt the release of the closely watched September jobs report, slow air travel, suspend scientific research, withhold pay from U.S. troops, and freeze thousands of federal programs. Independent analysts warn the standoff could last longer than previous shutdowns, intensifying economic and social strain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the heart of the dispute is $1.7 trillion in funding for government agencies, representing about a quarter of Washington\u2019s $7 trillion budget. The remaining budget covers healthcare, retirement programs, and interest payments on the ballooning $37.5 trillion national debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump\u2019s role and warnings<br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Former President Donald Trump, whose campaign is focused on reshaping the federal government, has suggested the shutdown could pave the way for \u201cirreversible\u201d cuts, including mass layoffs and elimination of certain programs. His budget director, Russell Vought, warned last week that permanent layoffs could follow if Congress fails to act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crisis comes as Trump seeks to push out as many as 300,000 federal workers by December as part of his broader restructuring agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States government has officially entered a shutdown, its 15th since 1981, after sharp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[216,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US government shutdown begins amid deep partisan standoff - Rapid News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/10\/01\/us-government-shutdown-begins-amid-deep-partisan-standoff\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US government shutdown begins amid deep partisan standoff - 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