Overview

• OMB Director Russ Vought said workforce reductions have begun, and multiple departments confirmed that layoff notices are going out to federal employees.
• A Justice Department filing in a California case reports more than 4,200 employees across at least seven departments have received notices, including Treasury, Health, Education, Commerce and cybersecurity at Homeland Security.
• Hundreds of thousands of federal workers remain furloughed or unpaid, with roughly 700,000 on forced leave and the IRS sending about 46% of its 78,000 staff home, slowing tax assistance and collections.
• Service disruptions are widening as the FAA reports delays at about a dozen airports and a California airport briefly had no controllers, while Smithsonian museums and many national parks are closing or scaling back.
• Republicans seek to extend current funding levels as Democrats push to preserve health subsidies, a Senate impasse persists under the 60‑vote rule, and more than 1.3 million active‑duty troops are expected to miss their first paycheck on Wednesday.