Even though the US government is shutdown, and the State Department's website says passport operations will still continue, I figured that things would take longer.

Baby Swede, now 18, applied for her first adult passport book and card this past Tuesday (10/14). We received an e-mail from state.gov today stating they received it and will process the application, etc.

That said, https://passportstatus.state.gov/ appears to be down.