Overview
- At least 670,000 federal workers are furloughed and about 730,000 are working without pay, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center.
- A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order halting planned mass dismissals after DOJ filings showed more than 4,000 employees were fired on Oct. 10 and OMB signaled cuts could top 10,000.
- USDA says contingency funds will cover SNAP only through November for 42 million people as open enrollment brings higher marketplace premiums, heightening pressure on lawmakers.
- Key immediate pinch points include the first full missed paycheck for air traffic controllers today and uncertainty over sustaining military pay beyond mid-November.
- Workers are lining up at food distributions, including efforts by World Central Kitchen, while CBO and private analysts estimate a weekly drag on growth of roughly 0.1–0.2 percentage points.