Overview
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the reductions begin Friday, with officials declining to specify which airports or how long the limits will last.
- The closure reached day 37, the longest on record, as shortages among unpaid air traffic controllers and TSA staff drive longer delays and cancellations.
- Economists put the weekly hit near $15 billion, and the Congressional Budget Office warns growth could fall by up to two percentage points with about $14 billion potentially unrecovered if the stoppage extends past Thanksgiving.
- The administration said it will provide only half of November SNAP benefits under court rulings, and states are advising recipients that distribution dates will vary and remain uncertain.
- About 650,000 federal employees are furloughed and roughly 600,000 are working without pay, a judge halted planned layoffs of thousands, and officials warned some U.S. troops may miss mid‑November pay.