U.S. government partially shut down for 1st time in nearly 7 years

The U.S. government partially shut down on Wednesday for the first time in almost seven years, after senators failed to agree on a last-minute bill to temporarily extend federal funding for seven weeks.President Donald Trump's Republican Party and the opposition Democrats pointed fingers at each other ahead of the shutdown deadline, and it remains unclear how they will find ways to break the impasse over a potential deal to fund the government.The U.S. government last faced a partial shutdown in late 2018 for 35 days during Trump's first presidency due to a dispute over border security and …READ FULL ARTICLE