A partial shutdown of the government officially went into effect at midnight Saturday as the House and Senate adjourned late Friday with negotiations stalled between the White House and congressional leaders over border wall funding.
The House and Senate are expected to reconvene at noon on Saturday to continue negotiations.
Many House and Senate lawmakers headed home after leaders promised to provide 24-hour notice ahead of any funding vote. Late Friday, President Donald Trump tweeted a video of himself speaking to the importance of border security.
The first United States federal government shutdown of 2018 began at midnight EST on Saturday, January 20, 2018, and ended on the evening of Monday, January 22. The shutdown began after a failure to pass legislation to fund government operations and agencies. This stemmed from disputes over the extension of status of persons affected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy,
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