Vice President JD Vance, while speaking at a White House press briefing, said that he does not think the government shutdown will be long.

The first government shutdown in nearly seven years is underway as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over 2025 funding. Follow live updates here.

The federal government was thrown into a shutdown with no easy endgame in sight. Democrats held firm Wednesday to their demands to salvage health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republican in Congress have refused to negotiate.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made clear there is "NO CHANGE" to border security during the federal government shutdown and warned that its efforts to curb illegal immigration "remain strict".

After a last-ditch effort in the Senate failed, vast portions of the federal government are closed and many federal workers furloughed.

Congress has walked up to the edge of a shutdown numerous times in recent years, but prolonged closures are rare.

Federal agencies have started rolling out contingency plans, scaling back services and furloughing thousands of workers.

The federal shutdown will affect people across the United States. NPR's network of member stations explains what will be impacted and where.

The government shutdown has begun. And it’s plunging the U.S. into a fresh cycle of uncertainty as roughly 750,000 federal workers are expected to be furloughed and many offices will be shuttered.