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The government will shut down this weekend, but the House is expected to reopen it quickly next week.
Federal funding is set to lapse at midnight Friday, and votes are still required in both chambers of Congress.
Yes, the government shut down again at midnight because Congress didn’t pass a budget on time. The shooting deaths this month of two U.S. citizens, Alex Pretti and Renée Good, by federal agents in Minneapolis, angered Democrats and derailed bipartisan budget negotiations.
Trump and Senate Democrats reached a compromise to fund the government, but it was unclear if it would pass Congress in time to avoid a shutdown.