#government shutdown

#government shutdown

And as we come on the air tonight, things are actually happening, here on Capitol Hill, which after 42 42 days of this government shutdown, is actually worth a breaking-news banner of its own, because lawmakers are now working late into the evening, tonight, to seal the deal, and end the longest government shutdown on record. That hasn't stopped the White House's efforts and the President's efforts to stop full food assistance benefits from going out.

For all the wailing and gnashing of teeth by Democrats unhappy with the deal to reopen the federal government, and for all the talk about a Democratic "civil war," pretty much everyone in the party agrees the longest government shutdown in history didn't work out that well for them. The lawmakers who "caved" and voted to end the stalemate thought there was no real chance to secure any of the big concessions they had originally demanded - particularly an Obamacare-subsidy extension.

I am planning to travel to Washington, D.C., after hearing through Leader Jeffries and media reports that Speaker Johnson finally intends to swear me in,

Airlines have canceled more 9,000 flights across the U.S. since the Federal Aviation Administration ordered flight cuts late last week, mostly to ease demand on control towers that are short-staffed during the federal government shutdown. Although the government appears to be moving to reopen in the coming days, airport disruptions, flight cancellations and economic losses won't go away all at once.

The calculation incorporates the bank's job-growth tracker, which slowed to 50,000 new jobs in October from 85,000 in September, and the government's deferred-resignation program, which will likely cut payrolls by about 100,000 positions. Our job openings and labor market tightness trackers continued to decline, and our newly constructed layoff tracker also revealed an increase in layoffs over the past few months, the bank added, marking the largest employment decline since late 2020.

It's no longer about them. Can I be honest, Jim? It's not about them? They have shown us time and time again this year that given the chance, they will cower. Given the chance they will capitulate. If they can find plausible deniability, they will give in the regime. At some point, we've got to ask ourselves, do we have self-respect? Are we willing to take no for an answer that they are unwilling to be the leaders that we need them to be?

Democrats' latest fault lines do not track perfectly along the familiar split between progressives and centrists. Instead, there's renewed rancor over how aggressively to fight President Donald Trump and his compliant GOP majorities on Capitol Hill, with some progressives renewing their calls for Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer to step aside, even as he publicly opposes the latest deal.

The cause of death has been revealed for Thomas Ocheltree and daughters Alexandra Ocheltree, 12, and Mackenzie Ocheltree, 9, who were all apparently killed in a murder-suicide last month in SF's Westwood neighborhood. All three were shot and found in their beds, and mother Paula Truong was found hanged in the garage, and her death was ruled a suicide. No further details about the case have been made public. [Chronicle]

The eight senators who moved to end the shutdown were not. Their decision has set off a round of recriminations in the party and fury from its base. The reasons are no surprise. Democrats shut the government down in large part as a response to anger from their backers, who wanted to see more fight. Now a faction of the party has surrendered. Not only that, it surrendered at a time when Democrats appeared to be winning politically.