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What The 21st US Government Shutdown Means For Investors

The U.S. government officially shut down on Oct. 1, marking the 21st closure since 1976 after the Senate failed to pass a continuing resolution late Tuesday.

Benzinga · Oct 1, 2025

Government Shutdown 2025: Will I Continue To Receive My Social Security Benefits?

Find out if Social Security payments will continue during the 2025 U.S. government shutdown and what retirees and beneficiaries need to know right now.

GOBankingRates · Oct 1, 2025

Inspector general websites disappear as government shuts down - Roll Call

Some inspector general websites were down across the federal government on the first day of the partial government shutdown Wednesday.

Roll Call · Oct 1, 2025

US Senators Struggle For Off-ramp As Shutdown Kicks In

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.

International Business Times · Oct 1, 2025

Everything We Know About US Government Shutdown: What It Means, When It Last Happened And Why It's Back

The US federal government has shut down for the first time since 2019, halting non-essential services, furloughing hundreds of thousands of workers, and igniting a bitter political fight over healthcare funding.

International Business Times · Oct 1, 2025

Trump: Government Shutdown Could Do 'A Lot of Good'

Plus: Addressing "the enemy within," the FTC's pointless meddling, Joy Reid finally understands half the country, and more...

Reason · Oct 1, 2025

Jeffries prods JD Vance after object on Trump’s desk shocks him during shutdown meeting: ‘Don’t you got a problem with this?’

The Democratic leaders met with President Donald Trump in a futile attempt to avoid a government shutdown

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025

Quick Facts About The US Government Shutdown: What It Means, When It Last Happened And Why It's Back

The US federal government has shut down for the first time since 2019, halting non-essential services, furloughing hundreds of thousands of workers, and igniting a bitter political fight over healthcare funding.

International Business Times UK · Oct 1, 2025

Shutdown Livestream: This Won't Fix Trillion-Dollar Deficits

Reason's Peter Suderman and Eric Boehm discuss the government shutdown live at 3 p.m. Eastern time today.

Reason · Oct 1, 2025

How the government shutdown could disrupt daily life

The first shutdown since 2019 could be unusually disruptive to the federal government.

Axios · Oct 1, 2025