Overview
- The department’s short-term funding expired in the early hours of February 14.
- National security and public-service operations continue, but the employees performing them are not being paid.
- About 10% of federal employees are affected, according to The Washington Post.
- Congress is in recess until February 23, the next opportunity to negotiate a funding resolution.
- DHS remains the only agency without an approved fiscal 2026 budget, and this is the third shutdown of Trump’s second term.