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partial government shutdown begins after trump, lawmakers fail to reach border wall deal. partial government shutdown begins after trump, lawmakers fail to reach border wall deal. democrats failed to resolve a budget standoff. house and senate lawmakers, who could not cobble together a compromise late friday, are scheduled to return to work at noon on saturday to presumably resume negotiations among themselves and the white house...nine federal at midnight friday, requiring them to close their doors, and put more than 380,000 federal workers on furlough and force another 420,000. government headed for partial shutdown at midnight, as lawmakers leave capitol without deal. government headed for partial shutdown at midnight, as lawmakers leave capitol without deal. inevitable, as lawmakers left the capitol friday without a deal to fund the government by midnight's deadline. the house adjourned friday without a deal on spending. the senate adjourned shortly later and is not scheduled to return until noon saturday. the senate was scrambling to take up a spending package with billions in funding for a border wall, amid ongoing negotiations to fund the government by midnight and president trump acknowledged there was a good chance a partial government shutdown would be triggered. of a government shutdown at midnight friday. the special counsel's office is funded from a permanent indefinite appropriation and would be unaffected in the event of a shutdown, a justice department spokesman told the hill. lawmakers in congress remained in a standoff friday afternoon over $5 billion in funds for president trump's border wall, raising the odds of a partial government shutdown at the. house pas*es criminal justice reform bill, sending it to trump's desk. legislative victory on an issue championed by his white house. the house approved the bill 358-36, sending it to trump's desk for his signature. the legislation was approved earlier this week by the senate, 87-12. the pas*age marks a win for trump as well as his senior