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Shutdown Reaches Day 3 as Trump Weighs Agency Cuts and Layoffs, Senate Stalls

Health-care demands have locked the Senate at the 60-vote threshold required to pass a stopgap.

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The sky begins to brighten just before sunrise behind the U.S. Capitol on the second day of a federal government shutdown in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 2, 2025.
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Overview

  • Roughly 750,000 federal employees face daily furloughs, national parks and museums are curtailed, and the monthly jobs report was delayed as the closure stretches on.
  • The White House says thousands of federal workers could be fired, and President Trump met OMB director Russell Vought to consider agency closures and potential permanent cuts.
  • OMB has put about $18 billion in New York infrastructure funds on hold, and reporting indicates a planned suspension of roughly $2.1 billion for Chicago transit projects.
  • The central dispute is over extending Affordable Care Act premium subsidies and reversing Medicaid cuts, while Republicans push a clean short-term funding bill requiring 60 Senate votes.
  • A GOP stopgap failed in the Senate 55–45, another vote was set for Friday with little sign of a breakthrough, and partisan pressure tactics escalated through official emails and AI-generated videos.