Will Social Security checks go out? Are national parks open? Here's what to know when the federal government partially shuts down.

Washington is just hours away from yet another federal government shutdown, with prospects looking rather bleak for a last-minute compromise in Congress to avoid federal closures beginning at 12:01 a.

Social Security is considered mandatory, and funding for those programs is generally unaffected by a shutdown. Medicare benefits also continue uninterrupted. The federal government has enough money for Medicaid to fund the first quarter of the next fiscal year, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

A looming U.S. government shutdown could leave hundreds of thousands of federal employees without pay and delay key economic reports, including U.S. jobs data. President Donald Trump canceled a scheduled meeting with top Democrats,

The economic impact of a government shutdown depends on its duration, economists say. Some payments, like Social Security, would continue to be issued.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani pledged to fight for every dollar of federal funding during a CNN interview Monday evening, responding to President Donald Trump's threat to withhold $7.4 billion in annual federal support if the progressive candidate wins November's election.

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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights on Monday formally recommended barring Harvard University from receiving federal funding, three months after it accused the university of violating civil rights laws by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students on campus.

Broad swaths of the federal government — from national parks to small business loans to taxpayer services — are set to go offline this week until lawmakers and President Donald Trump strike a deal on new funding.