Four ways this shutdown could end

Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent, Washington DC

Getty Images Two visitors in shorts and sweatshirts look through the door windows of the closed US Botanical Gardens during the federal government shut down. In the foreground is a black sign with white lettering reading: 'The US Botanic Garden is closed due to a lapse in appropriations'. Getty Images

Welcome to the shutdown, 2025 edition. On Tuesday evening, the US Senate was unable to pass a spending bill that would have kept the US government funded, and for the first time…

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