What The Tech: How the government shutdown could affect you
Bottom line: expect delays, expect some websites to go dark, and expect scammers to take advantage. When in doubt, go directly to the official government website.
Government Shutdown
Government shutdown begins as U.S. Senate fails to pass budget plan
A federal government shutdown has started because the U.S. Senate failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running past the October 1 deadline.
Federal government on brink of first budget shutdown in almost seven years
Democrats and Republicans are angrily blaming each other for a looming federal government budget shutdown, refusing to budge from their positions.
U.S. Senate passes six-month funding bill hours before federal government shutdown deadline
Now that the U.S. Senate has passed a government funding bill, it will go to President Trump for his signature.
Update: Schumer will advance Republican funding bill, will not risk government shutdown
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led government funding bill that has fiercely divided Democrats who want to put limits on the Trump administration.
U.S. Senate Democrats refuse to go along with Republican spending plan, as government shutdown deadline nears
U.S. Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led government funding bill that already passed the House but failed to limits on President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts to cut government spending.
U.S. House passes bill to fund federal government through September; prospects unclear in Senate
The spending bill that passed the U.S. House will need support from at least eight Democrats in the Senate to get the bill to President Trump’s desk.
President Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package, ending threat of partial shutdown
The U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills in the early morning hours Saturday. President Biden has signed it into law.
Biden, congressional leaders announce a deal on government funding as a partial shutdown looms
President Joe Biden and congressional leaders have reached an agreement on this fiscal year’s final set of spending bills.
Biden signs a bill averting a government shutdown for now, with Israel and Ukraine aid still stalled
President Joe Biden signed a temporary spending bill a day before a potential government shutdown, pushing a fight with congressional Republicans over the federal budget into the new year, as wartime aid for Ukraine and Israel remains stalled.
