US Weapons staff Furloughed

The agency that maintains the US nuclear arsenal will be sending home 80%

of its workforce as the government shutdown drags through its 17th day and
into the weekend, now the longest full funding lapse in US history. House
armed services committee chair Mike Rogers said in a Friday press
conference that the National Nuclear Security Administration has now
exhausted its carryover reserves. “We were just informed last night that
the National Nuclear Security Administration, the group that manages our
nuclear stockpile, that the carryover funding they’ve been using is about
to run out,” said Rogers, a Republican from Alabama. “These are not
employees that you want to go home. They’re managing and handling a very
important strategic asset for us.”

 Guardian 17th Oct 2025

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/government-shutdown-nuclear-agency-nnsa