Overview

• More than 2 million active-duty service members remain on duty without pay during the shutdown, according to a Defense Department document.
• The Pentagon says resources will concentrate on border security, operations in the Middle East, maintenance, shipbuilding, critical munitions and plans for the 'Golden Dome' missile defense.
• High-level military visits deemed nonessential are canceled and exercises are expected to be called off.
• The State Department places 10,436 employees on unpaid furloughs, representing more than a third of its workforce.
• The funding lapse began at midnight on October 1 after congressional negotiators failed to agree on spending, including healthcare items, and Treasury chief Scott Bessent cautions it could hit GDP and American workers.