Watch live: Senate in session as government shutdown looms

From USA TODAY.

The federal government will likely shut down Oct. 1 after President Donald Trump and congressional leaders failed to reach a funding compromise on Sept. 29. The partial shutdown will likely start at midnight.

The federal government will run out of money at the end of the fiscal year, unless members of Congress overcome partisan differences and agree to pass a funding bill, USA TODAY reported.

The federal government has closed down 21 times, with a total of 161 days since 1976. The pending shutdown primarily concerns health care spending.

Democrats want to prevent Obamacare subsidies from lapsing and reverse cuts to Medicaid funding enacted by Trump’s tax and spend law, known as the Big Beautiful Bill.