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The Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court a federal judge’s order to provide full SNAP benefits for November. The high court agreed.
While less than 3% of flights have currently been grounded, that number could rise to 20% by Thanksgiving week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
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Democrats consider prolonging the shutdown as Republicans prepare new bills without health care fix
Senate Democrats left their second caucus meeting of the week Thursday with few answers about how they would proceed.
Senate Republicans reject Democrat offer to extend health care subsidies for a year in order to reopen the government, as a bipartisan impasse over the longest government shutdown in US history continues and nears the 40-day mark.
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I-70 in Washington County shut down in both directions for "very serious" crash, police say
Interstate 70 is shut down in both directions in Washington County because of a "very serious" crash, state police said.
The U.S. Senate on Friday rejected legislation that would resume paychecks for hundreds of thousands of federal workers during the longest shutdown in U.S. history, as Democrats and Republicans remained at odds over how to reopen the government.
The United States federal government has been shut down since Oct. 1, 2025, making it the longest shutdown in American history.
The government shutdown, now the country’s longest, is fueling a continued trend of declining tourism to Washington.