Medicare, FEMA and air traffic control: How a government shutdown could impact public services Politics Sep 30, 2025 4:33 PM EDT

The federal government is nearing a partial shutdown, with a range of effects on public services and the broader U.S. economy.

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Employee furloughs and potential layoffs would halt some government activities. Other functions — like NASA’s space missions, President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and certain public health work at FDA and the USDA — would continue.

Here is a look at some of what agencies are planning:

Homeland Security, immigration enforcement would proceed mostly as-is

Most Department of Homeland Security employees would con

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