As of October 1, 2025, the United States has officially entered a government shutdown. In fact, this is the third government shutdown to happen during a Trump administration. The second shutdown, the longest in United States history, began in December of that year, when President Donald Trump wanted funding for his border wall, but Senate Democrats blocked the bill, per NPR. We don’t want to do that, but we don’t want fraud, waste, and abuse.”Here’s what you need to know. Senate Democrats proposed their own bill, which would extend the ACA subsidies, but that bill was then blocked by Republicans.