The United States entered a government shutdown Wednesday with President Donald Trump and Democrats in an acrimonious stand-off and banking on the other side to blink first in what could be a prolonged crisis.
With the government out of money after Trump and Congress failed to agree on a funding deal, federal agencies -- except for essential services -- stopped work from midnight.
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