Lights turn off on Coast Guard as emergency funds run out during shutdown

The U.S. Coast Guard is moving toward an operational crisis as emergency funding runs dry during the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, now in its 75th day, the longest in U.S. history. More than 6,000 unpaid utility bills have left Coast Guard operational units and military housing across the country facing shutoffs of electricity, water, and natural gas. Recommended Stories WATCH LIVE: Hegseth and Caine return to Congress for second day of budget hearings Trump weighing US troop reduction in Germany after Merz’s Iran war criticism Hegseth and Caine’s first public hearing on Iran war dominated by partisan clashes “It’s unacceptable,” Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Kevin Lunday told CBS News, warning that infrastructure across the service is beginning to fail.

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