The U.S. government has been in shutdown since Tuesday evening, after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on a funding deal.

The federal government officially entered a shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday amid an impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills.

The U.S. government shut down on Wednesday after Congress failed to approve funding for federal agencies. Here's how that could affect Social Security recipients.

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.

The US government is shutting down, with agencies activating contingency plans that sideline hundreds of thousands of federal workers and halt a wide range of services.

Much of the federal government is now shut down after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to agree on a funding plan to keep the government open.

Federal departments and agencies have put out guidance about which programs will stay open and which ones won't during the funding lapse.

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

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

U.S. courts have stopgap funding, underscoring their independence, but reserves will run dry by mid-October if lawmakers don't pass a budget.