Overview

• Senate Republicans twice failed to advance a short-term funding bill, and further action has slipped past Oct. 3 as Democrats withhold votes for extensions of health-care subsidies.
• The administration moved to tighten leverage by freezing about $18 billion in New York transit projects and terminating 321 clean‑energy awards the Energy Department says would save roughly $7.56 billion.
• White House officials say thousands of federal employee layoffs are under consideration during the closure, a prospect some critics argue could be unlawful.
• Roughly 750,000 federal workers are facing furloughs while excepted operations continue, including the military, consular services and border security, with many aviation and security staff working without pay.
• The Labor Department’s Sept. jobs report slated for Oct. 3 is likely to be delayed, and the White House warns flight disruptions are very likely as more than 13,000 air traffic controllers and TSA personnel remain on the job without pay.