The U.S. government shut down early Saturday morning after Congress and the president could not come to an agreement on how to continue funding.
Late Friday night, a House funding resolution died in the U.S. Senate when Senate Republican leaders could not convince enough Democrats — and members of their own ranks — to meet the 60-vote threshold needed to keep the government running overnight.
Source: U.S. government shuts down amid Senate stalemate over DACA / The Texas Tribune