The United States federal government has officially shut down. The government entered a partial shutdown at midnight after lawmakers in the Senate failed to pass a crucial short-term funding bill, marking the first government shutdown since the 2018-2019 period.

• Shutdown latest: The government has now been shut down for over a week, and Congress still appears deadlocked on a funding plan. The Senate again failed to advance competing proposals from Democrats and Republicans to fund the government.

The memo suggests furloughed workers aren't entitled to back pay, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed.

As members of Congress have failed to reach an agreement to keep the federal government open, several notable D.C. attractions have been shuttered due to funding and staffing issues.

Most of the American public does not approve of the way Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running the nation’s health agencies, according to a new KFF poll, and there’s erosion of trust in reliable vaccine information from the federal government in particular.

Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought is relishing the government shutdown, at least according to Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). Lee told Fox News (via HuffPost) that the OMB Director has a chance to fulfill his adolescent dreams.

Tours at the Capitol have come to a standstill. The House is keeping its doors closed, while the Senate repeated its loop Wednesday of failed votes to reopen the government. President Donald Trump

An Office of Management and Budget draft memo suggests that some furloughed workers may not get back pay after the government shutdown ends. This comes as Democrats and Republicans continue digging their heels in on funding solutions.