Government Shutdown Begins; 750,000+ Furloughed
Government Shutdown Begins; 750,000+ Furloughed

Government Shutdown Begins; 750,000+ Furloughed

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The U.S. federal government shut down at 00:01 on Oct. 1 after Congress failed to pass spending bills, with lawmakers deadlocked over a Republican “clean” continuing resolution and Democratic demands to extend expiring healthcare subsidies and restore Medicaid cuts tied to President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.” More than 750,000 federal employees have been furloughed while essential personnel — including air-traffic controllers, TSA agents, military and law enforcement — continue to work without pay and could face layoffs as the administration weighs agency cuts; the Department of Health and Human Services is expected to furlough about 41% of its staff (nearly 80,000), while core programs such as Social Security, Medicare and the Postal Service continue operating. Key systems are disrupted: the National Flood Insurance Program has stopped issuing and renewing policies, E-Verify and other immigration services are offline, visa processing and immigration-court backlogs are worsening, and some embassy and passport services have been scaled back. The NFIP halt is disrupting home sales and threatening hundreds of thousands of coastal policyholders, federally funded projects and contract workers risk stoppages and lost pay, and military installations have curtailed some services. Local planning and disaster response are being delayed — for example, Juneau officials say needed federal data and funding to repair a levee after record glacial outburst floods may be postponed — while lawmakers remain deadlocked and broader economic fallout continues to unfold.

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