Watch live as Donald Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a news conference at the White House.
It comes after the US government shut down for the first time in almost seven years after last-ditch Senate votes on funding plans fell short.
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers deemed not essential for protecting people or property – such as law enforcement personnel – could be furloughed or laid off after the shutdown began at midnight (5am UK time).
Critical services, including social security payments and the postal service, will keep operating but may suffer from worker shortages, while national parks and museums could be among the sectors that close completely.
Read more about the shutdown, and what it means for Americans, on the Sky News website: https://news.sky.com/story/us-government-on-brink-of-shutdown-13441990
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