US government goes into shutdown after Senate rejects funding bill

White House calls Democrats ‘obstructionist losers’ as federal agencies head into the first closure for five years

The United States has its first government shutdown in nearly five years after senators failed to reach a deal to keep the lights on.

An effort by Republicans to keep the government open for one month was rejected in a vote on Friday night after they failed to address Democratic concerns about young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers.

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