Government shutdown

Airlines canceled about 1,200 flights on Tuesday — roughly half the number scrapped the previous day — as air traffic control staffing showed significant improvement ahead of an expected end to the record 42-day U.S. government shutdown,…
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The US Senate on Monday approved a bipartisan compromise to end the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history, breaking a weeks-long stalemate that had disrupted food aid for millions, left hundreds of thousands of federal workers…
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Republican U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the abolition of the Senate filibuster rule to break a Democratic blockade as the government shutdown entered its 30th day. The filibuster requires 60 votes in the 100-member…
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More than 4,000 flights across the United States were delayed on Monday, with at least 118 cancellations, as the 27-day government shutdown continued to cripple the nation’s air travel network. The delays follow mounting staff shortages at…
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The agency tasked with safeguarding America’s nuclear arsenal began placing most of its staff on enforced leave Monday, as another congressional effort to end the government shutdown collapsed. With the standoff nearing its fourth week,…
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The White House on Friday directed federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded and avert politically and economically costly disruption of…
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