NASA Shutdown Watch

Keith’s note: snapshots of where things lie. It is dynamic and will change three times before lunch time today.

• “Trump’s shutdown plans: Mass layoffs, deregulation, military deployments“, Washington Post: “If Congress fails to fund the government next week, the White House is preparing for a shutdown that would reflect the purest version of President Donald Trump’s vision for the federal government, guided by White House budget director Russell Vought, an architect of the controversial Project 2025 playbook for Trump’s second term.”
• “Federal workers brace for potential government shutdown, mass layoff“, CNN: “This employee said that as of Thursday afternoon, they had not received any information from agency leadership acknowledging the possible shutdown. Another source said there similarly hasn’t been any agency-wide guidance circulated within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, which saw mass DOGE firings followed by hundreds of re-hirings. “We are hearing very little from leadership,” the NOAA source said. And regarding potential layoffs, “we are keeping an anxious ear to the ground.”