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Eric Berger

US federal agency website blames ‘radical left’ for looming shutdown

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Donald Trump and housing secretary Scott Turner at the White House on 22 July. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

In an unusual move, Donald Trump’s administration is using the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) website to blame the looming government shutdown on the “radical left”.

The giant red banner, splashed across the agency website on Tuesday morning, comes after Republican and Democratic leaders did not reach an agreement on government spending legislation beyond the Tuesday night deadline, which will result in hundreds of thousands of employees furloughed and agencies shutting down key functions.

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