US government shutdown live: ‘erratic’ and ‘unhinged’ Trump to blame for shutdown, say senior Democrats

<p>Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries say Republicans shut down government ‘because they do not want to protect healthcare of the American people’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/01/us-government-shuts-down">US government shuts down</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/sep/30/us-senate-government-funding-votes">Tracker: how each US senator voted</a></p></li></ul><p>This shutdown is expected to be worse than previous ones. The impact on federal workers could be even more severe.</p><p>Before Trump’s most recent threat of mass layoffs on Tuesday, a memo released last week by the White House’s office of management and budget told agencies not just to prepare for temporary furloughs <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/25/trump-administration-government-shutdown">but for permanent layoffs</a> in the event of a shutdown.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/01/us-government-shutdown-update-2025-shutting-funding-trump-democrats-republicans-live-updates-latest-news">Continue reading...</a>