India, Jan. 30 -- After enduring the longest government shutdown in history in 2025, the United States is potentially heading towards another shutdown in the new year. On Thursday, a test vote on a funding bill failed (55) on the US Senate floor, making at least a partial shutdown likely on January 30 (Saturday) at 12:01. a.m.

President Donald Trump and the GOP leadership in the Senate have said that talks are progressing on the funding bill "in the right direction." The Democrats are blocking the bill over a dispute over the funding of Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies involved in the ongoing immigration raids in the country.

Of the 55 Senators who voted against the bill, 48 were Democrats and seven Republicans...