News Summary

• Congress failed to pass full-year appropriations, triggering the latest government shutdown.
• This standoff is not the first of its kind, but its timing makes it uniquely consequential.
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is functioning with only about 35 percent of its normal workforce, roughly 889 employees, while thousands more have been furloughed.
• The risks of a prolonged shutdown are compounding rapidly, affecting every layer of the nation’s digital defense, writes Emil Sayegh, a cybersecurity expert.