The US government will shut down at 12.01am ET on Saturday unless Congress passes a stop-gap federal funding bill in time.
Amid rank partisanship in Washington, Republicans and Democrats have been unable to reach a deal on temporary legislation needed to keep the government operating beyond the end of the week.
If they cannot reach a compromise in time, the government will be plunged into its first shutdown since December 2018, halting many federal programmes and payments to employees.
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