As Republican and Democratic lawmakers trade blame for the U.S. government shutdown, some have begun to worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive President Donald Trump.

The U.S. Senate had yet another vote to pass a measure that would allow the federal government to reopen on Oct. 20. We are still in a stalemate.

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

The stopgap bill, which would extend government funding until Nov. 21, was defeated after a 49-45 vote. It required 60 votes to pass and has now extended the shutdown to two weeks. The Senate will reconvene and vote again on Oct. 15, marking the ninth voting session on the funding bill.

That shutdown lasted for more than a month, with widespread effects. The Federal Aviation Administration was understaffed, causing flight cancellations, and federal workers missed two paychecks. The president's State of the Union address was postponed.

The federal government controlling the vast majority of land in Nevada dates all the way back to the 1800s when the territory was first admitted to the United States, according to a former longtime employee.

The Government of the United States of America (“the United States”) and the Government of Malaysia have reached agreement on an Agreement on Reciprocal

The federal government remains shut down. Soon, that could affect Head Start educational programming and SNAP benefits in the Kansas City region.

States have also indicated that there could be a delay in benefits even if a deal is struck to fund SNAP for November. Officials from Alaska, New Mexico and North Dakota have said that they’ve considered using state money to keep the food aid flowing but fear a federal government directive may make that impossible.