TGI Friday’s offering free food to TSA, Fed workers during government shut down
Air Traffic Control and Transportation Security Administration workers can eat free at TGI Friday’s during the government shutdown.
Government Shutdown
Senators struggle to find a way forward as government shutdown enters ninth day
The consequences of a government shutdown setting in, senators labored Thursday to find a way forward but found themselves struggling to overcome a fundamental lack of trust between the two parties.
Frustrated lawmakers say lack of trust is making it harder to end the government shutdown
A president looking to seize power beyond the executive branch. A Congress controlled by Republican lawmakers unwilling to directly defy him. And a minority party looking for any way to fight back.
Government Shutdown: Impacts on air travel
A look at how the Government Shutdown is starting to hurt air travel.
Senate voting again on government funding bills as shutdown reaches 3rd day
The government shutdown is in its third day on Friday with senators voting for the fourth time on bills to fund the government. But with negotiations appearing stalled, it’s looking like the shutdown could extend through the weekend.
Trump pauses $2.1B for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats
President Donald Trump’s administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, the White House budget director said Friday, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown.
Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and political punishment
President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting “irreversible” cuts to programs important to Democrats.
Trump wants debt ceiling in the budget deal. If not, he says let the government shutdown start now
Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down Friday on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal — and if not, let the closures “start now.”
Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown
President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out.
Latest: Details on deal that averted Government Shutdown
The latest out of Washington on the deal to avert a government shutdown, plus the fallout from that last-minute deal.
