Overview

• The Pentagon placed 334,904 civilian employees on unpaid furloughs and said more than 2 million active‑duty service members will continue working without pay, while the State Department furloughed 10,436 staff.
• White House press secretary Caroline Livitt said the administration will dismiss thousands of federal workers, and Politico reported plans to begin mass layoffs within days, a move Vice President J. D. Vance endorsed as part of shrinking the bureaucracy.
• President Donald Trump said he will meet with OMB Director Russell Vought to identify federal agencies for funding cuts that could be temporary or permanent.
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned the shutdown could hit GDP and American workers, and the IMF said the scale of damage depends on how long the funding lapse lasts.
• Trump and Vance blamed Democrats for the impasse, alleging Democrats seek to direct federal money toward medical care for illegal migrants and to loosen border controls.