The US government is shutting down, with agencies activating contingency plans that sideline hundreds of thousands of federal workers and halt a wide range of services.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that about 750,000 employees will be furloughed at a cost per day of $400 million in lost compensation. President
Congress failed to approve new spending before the fiscal year begins Wednesday, triggering the first government shutdown since 2018-2019, when the impasse ...