A view of the dome of the US Capitol building, Washington, DC, September 19, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Reuters

President Donald Trump is no stranger to federal government shutdowns, having presided over a record-long impasse in his first term.

But with another shutdown looming in a week, the Trump administration has yet to make public federal agencies’ contingency plans for how they’ll handle the shuttering of operations until Congress approves their funding for the coming fiscal year. It follows the president’s overhauling of the size and scope of the federal government upon returning to office.

The plans, which are traditionally posted on the White House Office of Management and Budget’s website, lay out what federal services will continue to be provided and which workers must remain o

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