US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (C), US Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) (L) and Patty Murray (D-WA) look on as they leave a press conference following a Senate vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 30, 2025, hours before a partial government shutdown is set to take effect. The US government barreled towards its first shutdown in six years Tuesday, with funding expiring at midnight after Democrats fought a war of words with Donald Trump and senators rejected a last-ditch bid to keep the lights on. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)