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
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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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Read More »White House says federal worker layoffs ‘imminent’ after shutdown
Blame was thrown around by all sides on the first day of the shutdown after the White House and Congress failed to agree on a way to keep the U.S. government funded and open. The White House said layoffs to the federal workforce were ‘imminent.’ CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. braced for government shutdown after Democrats vote down Republican bill
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Read More »The U.S. government is facing a shutdown. Here’s why, and what each side wants
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