U.S. government shutdown to start after budget negotiations fail

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. federal government was due to start partially shutting down on Tuesday after lawmakers failed to compromise on an emergency spending bill before a midnight deadline. Competing spending measures flew back and forth between the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and Democratic-led Senate late into Monday night, but Congress deadlocked over Republican efforts to use a temporary spending bill as a means to delay implementation of President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law. It is unclear how long a government shutdown will last. …