#government shutdown

#government shutdown

What to watch: Senate appropriators are hustling to finish language on a three-part appropriations package, with text expected to be released as soon as Thursday evening, sources tell Axios. It's a key part of Republicans' latest offer to Democrats, which includes: Passing a stopgap funding continuing resolution until at least December 19th (final date TBD). Fully funding military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Agriculture Department and the legislative branch through the next fiscal year - taking programs like WIC and SNAP out of the shutdown equation. A promise of a vote on some kind of bill to extend the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies - the exact substance of which is still a major question mark.

Holiday travel is starting to look incredibly dicey. The shutdown so far has created massive air traffic control delays, leaving some airports so understaffed that they had to temporarily shut down. Starting on Friday, federal officials will reduce 10% of flights at 40 US airports to manage traffic. Five airports - Atlanta, Charlotte, Boston, Seattle, and Philadelphia - confirmed to Business Insider that they are among those temporarily losing some service.

The US Federal Aviation Administration plans to cut 10 percent of flights in 40 high-traffic airports on Friday morning if Congress fails to reopen the federal government by then, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA chief Bryan Bedford said Wednesday. The announcement came days after the US agency said it faced widespread shortages of air traffic controllers in half of the country's 30 busiest airports, and hours-long security lines caused by absences of Transportation Security Administration agents.

As the government shutdown stretches into its second month, breaking records as the longest shutdown in history, 42 million people across the country are feeling the effects of sudden SNAP cuts, including over 5 million in California.

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Whatshisname' Trump is going to have to learn how to pronounce Mamdani's name now. That's gonna be rough on him. Before we even talk about that, I have to say Marjorie Taylor Greene was on the show yesterday and her timing couldn't have been better. I mean, she's basically turning on the Republicans in several areas. Of course, continuing to say she loves Trump because why wouldn't you, because the retribution against her would be horrible, so she stays there.

As he hosted Republican senators at the White House, Trump offered some initial thoughts on the Democratic victories across the country on election night. Last night, it was not expected to be a victory, it was very Democrat areas. But I don't think it was good for Republicans, he said. I'm not sure it was good for anybody. He added: We had an interesting evening, and we learned a lot, and we're going to talk about that.