Overview

• Senate leaders acknowledged a stalemate after four failed attempts to advance a GOP stopgap, with another round of votes expected Monday on competing funding plans.
• House Speaker Mike Johnson sent members home and blamed Senate Democrats, while Democratic leaders said there have been no substantive talks since a pre-shutdown White House meeting.
• The administration is reviewing permanent reduction-in-force plans for thousands of federal workers, an unprecedented step discussed publicly by top officials.
• Federal grant funding has been frozen for projects largely in Democratic-led areas, including $18 billion tied to New York City infrastructure, $2.1 billion for Chicago transit and nearly $8 billion in Energy Department grants across 16 states.
• Nonessential federal employees are furloughed or working without pay as the shutdown enters a second week, and leaders on both sides signaled little appetite for compromise on Sunday shows.