Overview

• Congress failed to pass a stopgap budget, triggering a partial shutdown that has furloughed about 750,000 federal employees while many essential workers continue without pay.
• The Energy Department canceled 321 grants tied to 223 renewable projects it deemed inefficient, a move it says will save $7.56 billion, with recipients given 30 days to appeal.
• OMB Director Russell Vought called the terminated awards a “Green-New-Scam” and identified 16 Democratic-led states as affected, including California and New York.
• The administration also froze roughly $26 billion in targeted funding, including about $18 billion for New York transportation projects such as the Gateway tunnel and a Manhattan subway expansion.
• Trump said he is weighing cuts at what he called “Democrat agencies,” the White House warned “thousands” of federal positions could be cut, and the air traffic controllers’ union flagged safety risks with 2,300 members furloughed and over 13,000 working unpaid.