Trump admin live updates: Federal government shutdown begins amid funding stalemate KEVIN SHALVEY, MEGAN FORRESTER and IVAN PEREIRAOctober 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM 111 The federal government officially entered a shutdown at 12:01 a.m.
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KEVIN SHALVEY, MEGAN FORRESTER and IVAN PEREIRAOctober 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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The federal government officially entered a shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday amid an impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills.
President Donald Trump and Republicans have cast blame for the shutdown on Democrats' health care demands, while Democrats insist Republicans need to negotiate.
The Trump administration has threatened mass layoffs of some federal workers during the shutdown.
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Oct 1, 12:01 AMFederal government shutdown begins
The federal government officially entered a shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday amid an impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills. A Democratic-backed spending bill that would also extend health care subsidies under the Affordable Care Act and reverse cuts to Medicaid failed in a last-ditch vote on Tuesday. A GOP-backed stopgap bill that would have funded the government for the next seven weeks also fell short of the needed 60 votes just hours ahead of the deadline. President Donald Trump and Republicans have cast blame for the shutdown on Democrats' health care demands, while Democrats insist Republicans need to negotiate. As the clock ticked toward a funding lapse, White House Office of Management and Budget told federal agencies to begin preparing their plans for an "orderly shutdown." An estimated 750,000 federal workers could be furloughed each day the federal government remains closed, according to the Congressional Budget Office. While many workers deemed essential -- such as air traffic controllers, airport security officers and some members of the military -- will remain on the job, they will not be paid until after the shutdown ends. The Trump administration has threatened mass layoffs of some federal workers during the shutdown.
Sep 30, 9:39 PMSchumer blames Republicans for impending shutdown, urges negotiations on health care
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged Republicans to come to the negotiating table after the upper chamber failed to pass a measure to avert a government shutdown that is now just hours away."We want to sit down and negotiate, but the Republicans can't do it in their partisan way, where they just say it's our way or the highway," Schumer said at a news conference following Senate votes Tuesday night.Pressed on what the Democrats' strategy is to get Republicans to negotiate, Schumer said, "The strategy is the American people are demanding it and are going to demand it more and more on Oct. 1 [and] Oct. 2."
Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters - PHOTO: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to the members of the media during a press conference, following Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 30, 2025.
Schumer rehashed the failed votes on the Senate floor -- placing the blame on Republicans who "have failed to get enough votes to avoid a shutdown."Asked if he can guarantee with 100% certainty that the GOP's short-term continuing resolution would not reach 60 votes in another round of votes, Schumer carefully responded, saying, "Look, the bottom line is, as I said, our guarantee is to the American people that we're going to fight as hard as we can for their health care, plain and simple."He said the GOP-backed seven-week stopgap measure is "totally partisan" because "there was no input from Democrats."Schumer stood firm on Democrats' health care demands, calling for extending Affordable Care Act subsidies and reversing Medicaid cuts."The bottom line is, we need to stop these premiums from going up dramatically. We need to do it now, not in October, when people get the notices; not in November, when they have to decide whether to drop health care or reduce the health care they get," he said.-ABC News' Lauren Peller
Sep 30, 9:39 PMThune says Republicans on the hunt for more Democrats to support short-term funding bill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Republicans are now on the hunt for a few additional Democrats to support their "clean," short-term funding bill after three Democrats defected during a vote on the GOP-backed measure earlier Tuesday. Sens. John Fetterman, Catherine Cortez Masto and Angus King (an independent who caucuses with Democrats) voted with Republicans on a short-term funding bill aimed at keeping the government open for seven more weeks.
Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images - PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks during a press conference, following Senate Republican weekly policy lunch, hours before a partial government shutdown is set to take effect, on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 30, 2025.
Speaking at a press conference Tuesday night, Thune said he intends to bring that bill forward for a vote again on Wednesday -- and he said he believes more Democrats might be willing to support it. "There are others out there, I think, who don't want to shut down the government but who are being put in a position by their leadership that should make them -- ought to make all of them -- very uncomfortable," Thune said. "So we'll see." Republican Sen. Rand Paul voted against the Republican bill. But with the multiple Democratic defections, Thune said Republicans will continue their efforts to get enough Democrats on board to pass the short-term funding bill. Thune said Senate Republicans need eight Democrats total to vote for the measure to ensure passage. "We are going to have some more votes and we will see where the Democrats come down. I hope we have enough to change their minds and we can keep this government open and responsive to the American people," Thune said. -ABC News' Allison Pecorin
Sep 30, 9:09 PMSenate adjourns with federal government on track to shut down
The Senate adjourned for the night Tuesday -- with no remaining paths to keep the government open past 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. The Senate is expected to vote again on Wednesday, likely on the same two measures that failed Tuesday -- a seven-week stopgap bill backed by Republicans and a Democratic-backed bill that extends Affordable Care Act subsidies. Neither bill got the required 60 votes to pass. -ABC News' Allison Pecorin
Sep 30, 8:35 PMWhite House budget office tells federal agencies to begin carrying out plans for 'orderly shutdown'
With a government shutdown now appearing all but inevitable following two failed votes in the Senate on Tuesday, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is telling federal agencies they "should now execute their plans for an orderly shutdown."Government funding is set to lapse at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. In a memo to the heads of federal agencies and departments, Vought cast blame on Democratic senators for the impending shutdown, writing that they are blocking a "clean" continuing resolution to fund the government."It is unclear how long Democrats will maintain their untenable posture, making the duration of the shutdown difficult to predict," Vought wrote. "Regardless, employees should report to work for their next regularly scheduled tour of duty to undertake orderly shutdown activities."Vought said he would issue another memo indicating that government functions should resume once President Donald Trump signs an appropriations bill.-ABC News' Hannah Demissie and Meghan Mistry
Sep 30, 7:31 PMRepublican funding bill fails in the Senate
The seven-week stopgap funding measure supported by Republicans was rejected by the Senate by a vote of 55-45, all but guaranteeing the government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.Democrats mostly hung together to deny the 60 votes necessary to keep the government funded as they continue to say that any funding solution most include health care-related provisions. But several Democrats did cross party lines and voted in favor of the clean funding bill.
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images - PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol is seen behind a barricade, September 30, 2025 in Washington.
Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and John Fetterman voted for the bill, as did Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats. Sen. Rand Paul was the only Republican to vote against the bill.-ABC News' Allison Pecorin
Sep 30, 6:57 PMDemocratic funding bill fails in the Senate
The Democratic funding bill that included health care provisions failed by a vote of 47-53. It needed 60 votes to pass. All Democrats voted for it and all Republicans voted against it. The Senate is taking up the seven-week clean House-passed funding bill that Republicans support, which also needs 60 votes to pass and is also expected to fail. -ABC News' Allison Pecorin
Sep 30, 6:56 PMTrump says layoffs during shutdown are 'going to be Democrats'
Trump was asked Tuesday afternoon why people in the government would be laid off during a shutdown when the federal workforce has already undergone a reduction through cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency. Trump reinforced that people will be laid off during the shutdown and placed blame on Democrats, again falsely claiming that Democrats want certain health care guarantees for immigrants without legal status.
Nathan Howard/Reuters - PHOTO: President Donald Trump sits in the Oval office to sign an executive order, at the White House, Sept. 30, 2025.
"Well, the Democrats want to shut it down. So, when you shut it down, you have to do layoffs. So, we'd be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected. And the Democrats, they're going to be Democrats," Trump said. "As you know, we -- this country, no country, can afford to pay for illegal immigration, health care for everybody that comes into the country. And that's what they're insisting. And obviously, I have an obligation to not accept that -- that would affect everybody," Trump said. -ABC News' Hannah Demissie
Sep 30, 5:59 PMBondi pens memo to DOJ staff blaming possible shutdown on Dems
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo to staff of the Justice Department Tuesday, placing blame on Democrats for any potential government shutdown that she says could result in some of DOJ's activities coming to a halt."Unfortunately, Democrats are blocking [the] Continuing Resolution in the U.S. Senate due to unrelated policy demands," Bondi said in the memo. "If Congressional Democrats maintain their current posture and refuse to pass a clean Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded before 12:00 a.m. On Oct. 1, 2025, federal appropriated funding will lapse."Bondi noted the department has existing contingency plans in place in the event a shutdown occurs and informed applicable employees to be on the lookout in the event they are temporarily furloughed.The department has previously said civil litigation activities could be curtailed or "postponed" as a result of a shutdown -- and operations such as training of employees and work in offices not involving national security, law enforcement or criminal justice system responsibilities could also be impacted.-ABC News' Alexander Mallin
Sep 30, 5:13 PMTrump says he's close to finalizing a deal with Harvard
Trump told reporters that his administration was close to finalizing a deal with Harvard University, which would include the university paying $500 million and operating trade schools.
Nathan Howard/Reuters - PHOTO: President Donald Trump sits in the Oval office to sign an executive order, at the White House, Sept. 30, 2025.
"This would be a giant trade school, a series of trade schools. It would be run by Harvard," he added.Harvard and the Department of Education did not immediately have a comment.-ABC News' Hannah Demissie
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