Overview
- The shutdown reached day 31 with the Senate adjourned until Monday after repeated failed votes to advance funding.
- Trump pressed Republicans to invoke the “nuclear option” to bypass the 60‑vote threshold, but Majority Leader John Thune and other GOP senators reaffirmed opposition.
- Republicans hold 53 Senate seats and cannot pass a funding bill without Democrats, who are demanding extensions of Affordable Care Act subsidies and reversals of Medicaid cuts.
- SNAP funding is set to lapse Saturday for roughly 42 million people, triggering lawsuits and at least one temporary court order directing the administration to continue benefits.
- Air travel faces growing strain as controllers and TSA staff work without pay, and the CBO estimates the shutdown is costing the economy $7–$14 billion.