The federal government has officially shut down after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding measure to keep the lights on – and no one inside the Capitol knows what will happen next.

A pseudonymous market analyst known as “CryptoOracle” has caught the crypto community’s attention after his eerily timed prediction about the U.S. government shutdown - made days before it actually began.

The federal government officially entered a shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday amid an impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills.

Some lawmakers worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive president.

Our correspondents and reporters explain the latest on the shutdown, as federal workers miss paycheques and some government services are suspended.

Several funding cliffs will hit this week if the federal government shutdown continues, including for food and benefit programs, which are sure to make the lives of many Americans much more difficult.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says more than 40 million Americans will not receive their SNAP benefits next month as the Government shutdown goes on.

With millions of families losing their SNAP benefits in November 2025, you may feel powerless, but there are things you can do to help feed those in need.