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U.S. airlines cancel more than 2,100 flights on Sunday amid government shutdown
U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,100 flights on Sunday as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that air traffic across the nation could “slow to a trickle” if the federal government shutdown lingers into the busy Thanksgiving travel holiday season. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump administration fights court ruling to pay food assistance to 42 million amid shutdown
A federal judge has ordered U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to fully fund this month’s food aid for 42 million low-income Americans by Friday, blocking its plan to only provide reduced benefits during the record-long government shutdown. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. government shutdown to force air traffic reductions starting Friday
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it was taking the extraordinary step of reducing air traffic by 10 per cent across 40 “high-volume” U.S. markets beginning Friday morning to maintain travel safety as air traffic controllers exhibit signs of strain during the ongoing government shutdown. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump warns SNAP food stamp recipients are ‘largely Democrats’ as shutdown drags on
Two federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration must continue to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program amid the government shutdown Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Nearly 42 million Americans who use food assistance program could be impacted in days as U.S. shutdown lingers
U.S. states are warning food aid recipients their benefits may not be distributed starting on Nov. 1 if the federal government shutdown stretches into its fourth week. CBC | World News
Read More »Judge blocks Trump from firing workers during shutdown, citing ‘human cost’
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered on Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Firings of U.S. federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown
The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started, an attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown dragged into a 10th day. CBC | World News
Read More »An air traffic control tower was unstaffed. Is this the U.S. gov. shutdown breaking point?
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Read More »Democrats accuse White House of playing politics with shutdown messaging, cancelled projects
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