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U.S. government on brink of first shutdown in almost 7 years amid partisan standoff; deadline is 12:01 a.m.

Updated at 8:31 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30 Washington — Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown today for the first time in almost seven years. After the vote, the White House’s Office of Management and ...