Trump administration pauses $11 billion in Army Corps of Engineers projects in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore and Boston as shutdown pressures Democratic cities.
Federal judge expands restraining order blocking shutdown firings to cover employees in unions the government stopped recognizing after Trump’s executive order ending representation.
Federal courts run out of funding Monday and will furlough staff after exhausting court fees and non-appropriated funds during the three-week shutdown.
National Nuclear Security Administration will furlough 80% of staff managing U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile as shutdown funding runs out Saturday.
Trump says “we got the people that we want paid — paid” during shutdown, with FBI and military receiving paychecks while rest of federal workforce goes without pay.
Senate Democrats block annual Defense appropriations bill in 50-44 vote, demanding it be paired with Labor and Health spending bill as government shutdown enters third week.
Trump administration targets Office of Population Affairs for mass layoffs, threatening $300 million Title X family planning program that provides contraception and health services to millions of low-income women.
Federal judge blocks Trump from firing workers during shutdown, calling cuts politically motivated and carried out with “very much ready, fire, aim” approach that “has a human cost.”
Senior prosecutor Maggie Cleary removed from Eastern District of Virginia US attorney’s office after opposing Comey indictment, as Trump ally Lindsey Halligan fires prosecutors who resist politicized cases.
Multiple divisions in Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency hit with layoffs, including unit protecting power grids and water treatment plants as administration aims to “refocus” mission.
