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President Donald Trump on Wednesday night signed a bipartisan funding bill into law, officially ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history after 43 days of frozen federal operations, mass layoffs, and snarled air travel. The measure, which passed the House 222-209 earlier in the evening, restores government funding through …

President Donald Trump on Monday renewed criticism of air traffic controllers who missed work during the record-long government shutdown, saying he wants to “reward” those who continued reporting for duty without pay — and potentially dock the pay of those who didn’t. Speaking on Fox News, Trump said controllers and …

The Senate voted Monday night to approve a bipartisan government funding package that could end the longest shutdown in U.S. history, breaking a 41-day impasse that had stalled federal operations and disrupted air travel across the country. The measure passed 60–40 after weeks of tense negotiations and a final weekend …

The Senate voted 60–40 Sunday night to take the first step toward ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, setting up final action later this week to reopen the government after 40 days of halted services and furloughed workers. The vote came just hours after a group of Democratic …

A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal employees during the ongoing government shutdown, ruling that the layoffs appeared to be politically motivated and outside the administration’s legal authority. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, issued a …

Funding for scores of Head Start programs hung in the balance as the government shutdown continued Monday without an end in sight. Unless a deal is reached to end the ongoing funding lapse that began Oct. 1, more than 65,000 children in 140 local Head Start programs across 41 states …

The Agriculture Department posted a striking message on its official website Saturday blaming Senate Democrats for the upcoming suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, warning that millions of Americans will lose access to food assistance beginning Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. “Senate Democrats have now voted …

The Pentagon confirmed Friday that it accepted an anonymous $130 million donation to help cover military pay and benefits during the ongoing government shutdown — an unprecedented move that has raised concerns in Congress about transparency and foreign influence. Defense Department spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement that the …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a memo Friday the agency’s contingency fund cannot legally be used to provide food assistance benefits for more than 42 million people in November, as the government shutdown drags on. The position is a reversal from the department’s earlier stance, according to a since-deleted copyof …

The Senate Thursday failed to advance a Republican measure and rejected unanimous agreements on two related bills from Democrats that would have paid federal employees and contractors who have continued to work amid the government shutdown, which entered day 23. The stalemate constituted the latest example of how dug in …

More than 42 million low-income Americans are at risk of losing food assistance Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which operates the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has about $6 billion in a multi-year contingency fund. That’s short of the roughly $9 billion …

The Federal Aviation Administration said late Sunday that air traffic control staffing shortages were delaying flights at several major U.S. airports, including Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta and Newark, as the government shutdown entered its 19th day. By early Monday, the FAA said most staffing issues had been resolved, though a “staffing …

Tens of thousands of protesters marched and rallied in cities across the United States on Saturday for “No Kings” demonstrations denouncing what organizers called a slide toward authoritarianism under President Donald Trump. Crowds packed into New York City’s Times Square, filled Boston Common and Chicago’s Grant Park, and marched through …

More than 7,200 federal employees filed new jobless claims last week as the Trump administration’s layoffs began taking effect during the ongoing government shutdown, according to new Labor Department data. The department’s Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) program reported 7,224 initial claims for the week ending Oct. 11, a …

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to stop firing federal employees during the ongoing government shutdown, calling the mass layoffs politically driven and unlawfully executed. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, sitting in San Francisco, issued a temporary restraining order blocking further job cuts, saying she believed the …