The US federal government has denounced the partial closure that began late at night on October 1, 2025, as Congress did not pass the funding bill by the 2025 deadline.
What this means is that nonessential services are being shut down and the state is seeking confusion amid a bitter partisan clash that leaves the MP with his fingers on it.
This is the first closure since the record-breaking 35-day deadlock from December 2018 to January 2019. Today’s crisis risks disrupting millions of lives, halting the economy and deepening political disparities ahead of midterm elections. As President Trump holds down the shutdown button and pushes for workforce cuts, the US economy is gaining interest.
What prompted the US government to close?
The shutdown comes from a council stalled over spending. Republicans with a slim majority in both rooms have pushed for a continuous resolution (CR) to fund the government at the 2025 level, including sudden Medicaid cuts from July 21, 2025. Democrats are demanding protection against health care and affordable care law tax credits that expired in 2025 and rejected the plan. The Senate vote for GOP’s CR reached the required number, 60, and secured only three Democrats. With Trump’s instructions to an agency to issue layoff notifications for “non-essential” workers during its expiration, Democrats labeled it as “Trump’s tantrums,” intensifying accusations of political retaliation.
US Government Closure – What happens next?
The results are immediate and extensive. Currently, around 800,000 federal workers are being attacked unpaid, but 2 million “required” staff, including military personnel, are unpaid, and October paychecks are delayed. National Parks and Smithsonian Museum face closures, air travel sees delays from FAA staff, and IRS businesses are slower and risk delays in tax refunds. Programs like the low-income family WIC could collapse by mid-October, with the economy going to be a daily hit of over $1 billion. Important services such as Social Security and veteran benefits continue uninterrupted.
What’s next? Senate Republicans plan to start October 2nd to steal the banks from public pressure to force transactions by repeatedly CR votes and hit Democrats. But as both sides are dug up in the heels (Democrats demand healthcare recovery, Republicans seeking to curb and fire spending), analysts and critics predict their positions for the next few weeks. Bipartisan discussions in the White House did not create a breakthrough. With elections approaching, a quick solution seems unlikely. As Washington’s thieves deepen, the US waits.
