U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made clear there is "NO CHANGE" to border security during the federal government shutdown and warned that its efforts to curb illegal immigration "remain strict".

Here are the key impacts of the shutdown, based on agencies’ most recent contingency plans approved by the White House.

The failure to reach a budget agreement will shut down much of the federal government on Wednesday, but that won’t stop the flow of several critical benefits, including Social Security retirement and disability payments, which are sent to more than 74 million people each month.

The government shutdown has begun, and in Massachusetts there are several areas that are expected to feel the impact.

A city council leader is the latest politician urging the government for a "rapid" decision on a new football stadium. Cherwell District Council's planning committee approved plans for a 16,000-capacity venue for Oxford football club on land near Kidlington, in August but it was referred to the Secretary of State.

President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.

Mark Teixeira, a former New York Yankees star who is running for Congress in Texas, slammed Democrats before the government shut down on Tuesday.