Associated Press

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

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

A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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 continue to work, r

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