Overview

• Senate attempts to advance short-term funding failed by 55–45 and 53–47, and the chamber recessed for Yom Kippur until Friday, ensuring the shutdown continues at least until lawmakers return.
• Roughly 750,000 nonessential federal employees are furloughed while about 1.5 million essential workers, including air traffic controllers and border agents, are working without pay, according to CBO estimates.
• The White House and OMB said layoffs are imminent, with Director Russell Vought indicating cuts could begin within two days, and the administration has frozen roughly $26 billion in targeted funds.
• Public-facing operations have been curtailed: the Washington Monument and Library of Congress closed, Smithsonian museums remain open through Oct. 6 on reserves, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics is pausing scheduled labor data releases.
• DHS and ICE say immigration enforcement continues as essential work, airports operate with unpaid TSA staff and controllers, and U.S. embassies limit routine social media while consular passport and visa services proceed as conditions allow, including in Mexico.