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The government officially shut down at 12:01 a.m. after the Senate failed to pass a government funding bill.
The chamber voted down a proposal from Democrats, followed by a GOP House-passed stopgap bill that would have kept the lights on through Nov. 21.
Shortly after the vote, Russell Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), issued a memo directing government agencies to begin executing their plans “for an orderly shutdown.”
Both parties have blamed each other for a failure to reach a deal and refused to blink, leaving it unclear how Washington exits a shutdown.
Also on Tuesday, at an unprecedented gathering of military top brass, Trump vowed to make the military “faster, fiercer,” while saying leaders should use cities as “training grounds” in a speech in Quantico, Va. He said defending the homeland was the military’s “most important priority.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed the military’s top generals and admirals ahead of Trump, rolling out a 10-point plan to overhaul the culture of the military. Hegseth emphasized the need to stick to strict fitness standards, calling it “completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon leading commands around the country and the world.”
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