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- By Shivangi Sharma
- Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:03 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
US Government Shutdown: The United States government went into early morning shutdown, causing furloughs for federal workers numbering hundreds of thousands and suspending major programs and services across the country. The shutdown, the first major since 2018, occurred after the top Democrats and Republicans, as well as President Trump, were unable to reach a short-term funding agreement.
In a news conference over 13 hours after the shutdown began, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt repeated the administration's talking points, faulting the Democrats. She asserted that Democrats closed down the government because they wished to make taxpayers pay for "free health care for illegal aliens", something that Democrats have denied time and again.
.@PressSec: "Right now, we need to reopen the U.S. federal government, because people are going without pay...and that’s an unfortunate situation the Democrats have put us in—then we can discuss this very important issue of healthcare that the President absolutely wants to fix." pic.twitter.com/hikXUEpvtC
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 1, 2025
Vice President JD Vance also chimed in, stressing that policy differences were not to be used as an excuse for a government shutdown. He proposed that the government reopen first, and more general healthcare debates could come afterwards. Democrats reply that they are merely attempting to restore certain health coverage alternatives previously accessible to some immigrants prior to the passage of the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful" tax bill earlier this year.
.@VP: "The political leadership of [Democrats] has got it into their heads that the only way to be compassionate is to be compassionate to illegal aliens, rather than American citizens... We believe that the American people's government exists for the American people." pic.twitter.com/whE6w8sf9D
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 1, 2025
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Here Are The Top Updates:
- Several federal websites, including the Department of Justice, display shutdown notices, some using partisan language blaming Democrats for the government shutdown.
- On the White House site, a banner states: “The Democrats have shut down the government.”
- The Trump administration has frozen around USD 18 billion in funding for New York City, raising allegations of political retaliation amid the government shutdown.
- Senate Democrats twice blocked the Republican stopgap spending bill to fund the government through November 21, with the measure failing 55-45, short of the 60 votes needed.
- Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson warned that the government shutdown could be very damaging for Americans, calling it a “major backfire” for Democrats.
This morning @HouseGOP and @SenateGOP STOOD UNITED for the American people as the Democrat-led government shutdown begins.
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) October 1, 2025
Democrats are holding the American government HOSTAGE with wild partisan demands — including giving taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens.
Senate… pic.twitter.com/IJ2unMZ8lw
- US airports saw disruption with air traffic controllers and TSA staff working without pay, and the controllers’ union urged normal operations.
- The Interior Department instructed employees to take home government laptops and cell phones to stay informed about potential mass layoffs during the shutdown.
- Goldman Sachs warns that the current government shutdown could have immediate economic effects, potentially more severe than past short-lived shutdowns.
