Partial shutdown looms, risking federal pay and travel delays
TL;DR
A looming partial government shutdown could affect roughly half of federal workers—about 500k unpaid and 480k furloughed—while SNAP remains funded; Social Security and Medicare payments would continue but benefit verification and card issuance could pause, and travel may face delays as TSA operates without pay. Funding gaps would hit major agencies like Defense, Education, HHS, and Homeland Security, while others (Agriculture, Justice, Energy, Interior, Veterans Affairs) stay funded. Lawmakers are negotiating Homeland Security reforms to avert the shutdown, with a midnight Friday deadline.
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