US government shuts down as lawmakers fail to break budget impasse
• Sep 30, 2025, 10:42 PM
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The US government began shutting down after midnight on Wednesday after Congress failed to agree a stopgap budget, halting operations at federal agencies and sidelining hundreds of thousands of workers. In exchange for their votes, Democrats had demanded billions of dollars in healthcare spending be restored, particularly for low-income households.
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‘Cruelty is the point’: Trump uses shutdown as a lever for mass firings, cuts to social programmes
• 10:04 AM
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US President Donald Trump has threatened to use the first government shutdown since 2019 to push through mass firings and slash social programmes unless Democrats give up their demands for health care funding. “The cruelty is the point,” House Democratic
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Supreme Court lets Lisa Cook remain a Federal Reserve governor for now
• 8:29 AM
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Federal governor Cook will be able to take part in the remaining two Fed meetings in 2025, including the next meeting of its interest rate-setting committee in late October. Luke Shrago explains.
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