Overview

• Nine days into the partial shutdown, the Senate rejected a seventh stopgap funding bill 54–45, with no agreement in sight.
• About 750,000 federal workers are furloughed without pay while essential staff continue working unpaid, including roughly 13,000 air traffic controllers and about 50,000 TSA officers.
• The FAA has announced traffic throttling to maintain safety as nearly a dozen airports report understaffing and some facilities face temporary restrictions or closures.
• The Department of Homeland Security confirmed a nationwide airport video blaming Democrats for the shutdown, and reports since Monday cite more than 20,000 flight delays.
• President Trump threatened permanent cuts to programs favored by Democrats as pressure builds before the Oct. 15 military payday and even some Republican figures, such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, criticize the handling of health-care subsidies.