The impact of the government shutdown
Though Washington, D.C., has refused to cut services to the degree seen in previous shutdowns, Mayor Vincent Gray issued a letter Tuesday warning that “time is running out -- and, soon, I will have exhausted every resource available to me to protect our residents, our workers, and our visitors.” (Patrick McDermott / Getty Images)
The U.S. government has officially shut down, bringing with it thousands of furloughs, cutbacks in federal services and a number of smaller-scale rollbacks that have flown under the radar.
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It took a salmonella outbreak to prompt the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to bring back nearly all of its furloughed food monitors Tuesday, after 278 cases were reported across 18 states, including California. The Food and Drug Administration’s food-safety programs have also been curtailed, with the agency furloughing about half of its employees. (Jordan Kartholl / Associated Press)
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which receives its funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation, has significantly cut its safety programs, including issuing recalls, testing safety ratings and reviewing complaints. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Though food stamps continue to be distributed during the shutdown, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children has been defunded. The program, which aids in providing food and healthcare to low-income mothers and their children, is estimated by the USDA to have sufficient funding for about a week before running out entirely. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
The early education program Head Start has stated that up to 19,000 children are left without its services during the shutdown, since the grant money required to maintain 23 programs in 11 states has been cut off. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
About 200 patients will be turned away from clinical trials each week the government is shut down, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins confirmed. Thirty of those patients are children, many of whom are suffering from cancer. Above, Lakers Forward Matt Barnes chatting with Allie Newman, 16 during visits with young patients at the Mattel’s Children Hospital. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
The Miramar Marine Corps Air Show, planned for this weekend, is among the most heavily attended air shows in the country with about 500,000 attendees taking part over the last several years. But not even a huge audience could save the show from the government shutdown, with Marine officials confirming Thursday that the event has been canceled. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Members of Congress may continue to be paid during this shutdown of their own making, but at least some of the legislative body’s perks are at least cut off. The congressional private dining room has been shut down, as have its shoe shining service, gym and dry cleaner. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
The National Zoo’s much-watched Panda Cam, set up to monitor Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and the yet unnamed new cub, went dark Monday night. Now all that panda devotees can spot is an error message, though the pandas will still be cared for by essential Smithsonian staff. (Smithsonian National Zoo / Associated Press)
NASA’s various social media outreach initiatives have gained a huge number of followers, and many of them are being shut down alongside the government. The popular Asteroid Watch Twitter account freaked out followers with a message that it would no longer be updated, though it later clarified that doesn’t mean the agency is turning a blind eye to the skies. And some, like the agency’s Voyager 2 space probe, were a bit more snarky in their closure announcement. NASA’s Instagram account and NASA.gov are also shut down. (NASA / Getty Images)
Hopefully you aren’t working on a research paper depending on federal statistics during the shutdown, since many sites, including Census.gov, Data.gov, THOMAS (a database of legislative information) and the Federal Trade Commission, are either limited or shut down entirely until Congress agrees to a compromise. (Library of Congress / Los Angeles Times)
Want to stop by the Capitol for a tour as Congress tries to hash out a deal? Pop by the National Zoo while on furlough? Camp out in Yosemite to celebrate its 123rd birthday? Try again later, since all but a few of the nation’s federal tourist attractions, including Smithsonian museums and the State of Liberty are shuttered. (Emmanuel Dundand / AFP/Getty Images)
