Correction: No US Federal Government Shutdown on Oct. 1 — Stopgap Funding Signed Through Dec. 11

Correction

An article published on this site in the early hours of October 2, headlined "US Federal Government Shuts Down," was wrong, and we hereby correct the record and apologize to our readers: the U.S. federal government did not shut down on October 1. Congress passed a continuing resolution in early September, signed into law by President Trump on September 2, keeping federal agencies funded at current levels through December 11, 2026. Federal operations continued normally on October 1.

What happened

The resolution passed the Senate 90–6 in August and the House 370–48 on September 1, averting any funding lapse at the start of the new fiscal year. The error arose from mistaking 2025 shutdown coverage for current news: details in the erroneous report — "the first shutdown in nearly seven years," a House vote on September 19, funding "through November 21" — all describe the 43-day shutdown of October–November 2025, recycled by aggregators with refreshed dates.

The erroneous article has been removed from this site. Readers should note the real next funding deadline is December 11, 2026, when Congress must pass full-year appropriations or another stopgap to avoid a lapse. We will keep following it.