Overview
- An OMB court filing details more than 4,000 targeted layoffs across at least seven agencies, including Treasury (1,446) and Health and Human Services (1,100–1,200).
- Additional cuts are slated at Education (466), Housing and Urban Development (442), Commerce (315), Energy (187), Homeland Security (176) and the EPA (20–30).
- Union lawsuits argue the mass terminations during a funding lapse are unlawful, and a federal judge set a hearing for Oct. 16 on requests to block the move.
- Notices have reached parts of the CDC and DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, raising concerns about impacts on public health and security functions.
- The shutdown continues with no deal as Republicans push a clean short-term funding bill and Senate Democrats seek an extension of Affordable Care Act premium subsidies.