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.

Local workers at some American military bases in Europe are feeling the impact of the U.S. government shutdown.

The Senate wrestled Friday with the issue of ending the government shutdown, but found itself once again gridlocked. Senate Majority Leader John Thune began the week talking about his optimism that bipartisan talks could soon bear fruit.

WASHINGTON – After weeks of making little progress to end the government shutdown, senators are spending their first weekend working overtime since the crisis started.

Senate Democrats left their second caucus meeting of the week Thursday with few answers about how they would proceed.

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, introduced legislation to restore funding to Head Start programs as some have been forced to close because of the government shutdown.

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 Senate found itself once again gridlocked on Friday and geared up for another weekend of the government shutdown. However, a flurry of proposals and counterproposals offered glimmers of hope that the two sides could be moving toward a compromise.

The government shutdown, now the country’s longest, is fueling a continued trend of declining tourism to Washington.