Overview
- Senators again failed to advance a Republican stopgap, 54–44, leaving the measure short of the 60 votes required.
- SNAP benefits for roughly 40–42 million people were suspended, with officials signaling partial November payments under court orders even as President Trump threatened to halt aid.
- Hundreds of thousands of federal employees remain unpaid, airline groups report 3.2 million passengers affected, and the transportation secretary warned of potential air-traffic chaos if another paycheck is missed.
- Centrist lawmakers from both parties are meeting behind closed doors with leaders’ blessing, but no agreement has emerged, and Trump invited Republican senators to a Wednesday breakfast.
- The core dispute is whether to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, and the CBO estimates the shutdown’s added weekly economic cost at about $11 billion.