America on Pause: Inside the 2025 U.S. Government Shutdown0

• NEWS, POLITICS
• October 1, 2025

A midnight silence in Washington As the clock struck 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2025, Washington fell into a strange, tense silence. The lights inside government buildings still glowed, but phones began ringing with furlough notices, and millions of federal workers braced themselves for a reality they’ve lived before: a government shutdown. To the average