#government shutdown

#government shutdown

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?

For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU.

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.

The proposal would fund most government operations through January 30, but it would fund certain ones through the end of the fiscal year, September 30, including agricultural programs, military construction, and veterans' affairs. It would also reimburse states for what they've spent on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program and some others, while guaranteeing back pay to furloughed federal employees and those who have been working without compensation.

"Between Nov. 3 and Nov. 8, USDA issued formal guidance four distinct times, each providing our states with new directives that were contrary to its earlier guidance," Bonta said in a statement. "Those contradictory messages underscore that USDA's actions have been arbitrary, they've been capricious and demonstrates why we need the court to step in to provide clarity and concrete guidance."

Schumer, who has led the Democratic caucus in the Senate since 2017, voted against the resolution. However, the group of Senate Democrats who voted for the deal had conferred with Schumer through the negotiation process, and thus had his tacit approval. The deal, which many other Democrats have denounced as "terrible" and a betrayal, was advanced in a vote on Sunday evening, in one of the first steps to reopen the government after a historic shutdown.

LindellTV, election denier Mike Lindell's media company, posted to its X account and noted, Press Stunned as Speaker Johnson Walks Out Without Taking Questions. In a rare move, @SpeakerJohnson exited his Monday morning remarks without taking a single question leaving reporters stunned and scrambling down the hallway after him, continued the post, adding: According to gallery rules, the Speaker is expected to take at least one question. Johnson has never skipped Q&A before. After weeks of daily shutdown updates and follow up questions,