AMERICANS LOST. BIG TIME

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) issued a scathing indictment on Wednesday following the reported end of America’s longest government shutdown. Maya MacGuineas, president of the CRFB, said the political stalemate “accomplished nothing and caused significant harm to many individuals, not to mention our reputation around the world.”

AMERICANS WERE HARMED

HEALTHCARE 

JOBS

BENEFITS 

TAXES

INFLATION 

TRANSPORTATION SAFETY 

FOOD INSECURITY 

BANKRUPTCY 

MILITARY READINESS 

PATRIOTISM 

DRUG USE

EDUCATION 

RETIREMENT 

DISEASE SPREAD

ELECTION SECURITY 

AMERICANS LOST IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE METRIC

Personal and business bankruptcy filings rose 11.5 percent in the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2025, compared with the previous year.

According to statistics released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, annual bankruptcy filings totaled 542,529 in the year ending June 2025, compared with 486,613 cases in the previous year.

Business filings rose 4.5 percent, from 22,060 to 23,043 in the year ending June 30, 2025. Non-business bankruptcy filings rose 11.8 percent to 519,486, compared with 464,553 in the previous year.

Additional statistics released today include:

• Business and non-business bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2025 (Table F-2, 12-month),
• A comparison of 12-month data ending June 2024 and June 2025 (Table F),
• Filings for the most recent three months, (Table F-2, 3-month); and filings by month (Table F-2, April, May, and June),
• Bankruptcy filings by county (Report F-5A).

For more on bankruptcy and its chapters, view the following resources:

• Historic caseload statistics data tables
• Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
• General information about bankruptcy, including Bankruptcy Basics

The longest federal shutdown in U.S. history came to a close on Wednesday night 10.12.25 as President Trump signed legislation to reopen the government, but it will take some time for the programs and people who were affected by the funding freeze to recover.

Furloughed federal employees will have to come back to work, including those responsible for processing payments to programs that are dependent on government dollars. 

Federal workers back pay

According to the senior administration official, employees from the General Services Administration and OPM will be among the first to receive their retroactive paychecks, with an expected deposit date set for Saturday