The federal government is currently shut down. NPR's network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country.

President Donald Trump has accused the Democrats of carrying out a "kamikaze attack" by blocking the GOP's funding bill, as the government shutdown continues into its seventh day.

President Donald Trump signals openness to negotiate Obamacare subsidies, while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blames House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., for the shutdown.

The stalemate over how to end the government shutdown is stretching into another week without a clear resolution in sight, as both parties trade blame for the funding lapse. Two dueling measures to fund the government and end the shutdown failed in the Senate for a fifth time Monday.

This shutdown still doesn't hold the record for longest shutdown in U.S. history, but it is the second-longest shutdown under a Trump administration.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said the festering U.S. government shutdown is a “tsunami of Donald Trump’s creation.” As the shutdown enters a new week with Congress still struggling to pass a bill to fund the government, Booker told ABC News’ “ This Week ” co-host Martha Raddatz that he’s not focused on lobbing the blame at either political party.

Senate again rejects competing funding bills from Democrats and Republicans as the shutdown is set to hit the one-week mark.

The federal government remains closed Monday amid a bitter battle on Capitol Hill. When does the Senate reconvene today? Will the government reopen?

President Trump says he’s open to negotiations on health care as air traffic controllers sound the alarm on the shutdown’s effects.

Last week, the White House Office of Management and Budget told federal agencies to consider layoffs, or reductions-in-force, if the government shuts down — an unusual move since government workers are usually sent home without pay during a shutdown, rather than laid off permanently.

A common thread running through the controversies of the new fall season of America’s bitter politics is Donald Trump’s attempt to impose unfettered, often unprecedented presidential power on multiple fronts.

Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are informing some patients they will be unable to schedule telehealth appointments due to the federal government shutdown.