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Record-breaking government shutdown enters day 37 as Senate Republicans propose new funding plan. Bipartisan lawmakers seek compromise amid growing concerns over federal workers.
Washington's local economy has taken blows from a series of actions by the Trump administration, from the layoffs of federal workers to the ongoing law enforcement intervention with the National Guard
Northwest Indiana congressmen reacted along party lines to the government shutdown stretching into the longest one in U.S. history.
American Airlines canceled more than 200 of its 6,200 scheduled flights on Friday as air traffic reductions began.
The Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court a federal judge’s order to provide full SNAP benefits for November. The high court agreed.
Local workers at some American military bases in Europe are feeling the impact of the U.S. government shutdown.
PROVIDENCE – SNAP payments started going out to the estimated 79,000 card holders in Rhode Island on Nov. 8, after the Trump administration announced a day earlier that it would be providing full benefits for November, even as the government continues a legal challenge to making full payments amid the federal government shutdown.