The federal government remains shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the shutdown is affecting services across the country.

As a result of the shutdown, federal employees miss their first full paycheck on Friday. Several states are warning they will be forced to suspend Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits come Nov. 1.

For the 12th time on Wednesday, Senate Democrats blocked Republicans' short-term funding bill to reopen the government. Democrats have demanded that extending expiring subsidies in the Affordable Care Act and reversing Republicans' Medicaid cuts be included in legislation to end the shutdown.

The government shutdown has reopened debate on what has been a central issue for both major political parties in the last 15 years: the future of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Tax credits for people who get health insurance through the marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act,

At a lunch with GOP senators at the White House, President Trump stood firm in his demands that Democrats vote to end the government shutdown.

The Social Security Administration will continue distributing disability and SSI payments, but some services are unavailable during the government shutdown.

The government has refused to give MPs time to debate Prince Andrew's titles or taxpayer-funded home, despite growing pressure for scrutiny. The decision effectively kills efforts to pass a law to strip Prince Andrew of his dukedom, only a day after ex-Labour MP Rachel Maskell tabled a bill in the Commons.