But others have reacted to the mass firing threats with unease. They worry that the Trump administration’s bald attempts to focus political pain on Democrats and their constituencies muddles their attempt to keep the shutdown blame game focused solely on Schumer and Senate Democrats — and makes a solution to the standoff harder to find.

There were delays at a number of US airports on Monday as officials said the government shutdown is affecting air traffic control staffing.

The Essential Air Service, which provides funding for rural airline routes, serves communities across all 50 states and Puerto Rico, according to the Department of Transportation.

Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, blamed Democrats in a tweet on Tuesday for the fact that “cruel” shutdown votes had forced the WIC nutrition program to run out of funds, prompting the Trump administration to redirect tariff revenue to keep it afloat.

The Department of the Interior’s shutdown plan states that “parks may close grounds/areas with sensitive natural, cultural, historic, or archaeological resources vulnerable to destruction, looting, or other damage that cannot be adequately protected by the excepted or exempted law enforcement staff that remain on duty.”

→ The Community Health Center Program ’s funding lapsed at the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Extending funding at current levels would cost roughly $4.3 billion on an annualized basis. Community health centers serve 34 million patients across the country, often lower-income people.

Hundreds of thousands of U.S. federal workers have been ordered not to report to work, while others have been told to stay on the job during the U.S. government shutdown, which started o 1.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned that air traffic controllers are feeling increasing pressure at work amid the government shutdown for which Republicans and Democrats are both holding each other responsible.