Government shutdowns are very confusing events, and it's not always exactly clear what happens with things like National Parks. Different things have happened during different government shutdowns over the years. Not all shutdowns are the same. Administrations have important decisions to make about...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing agovernment shutdowndeadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, dropping President-electDonald Trump'sdemands for a debt limit increase...
Government shutdown is averted just after deadline as Congress rejects Trump’s debt limit demands The Senate has rushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown. December 21, 2024 Pentagon warns that a government shutdown will cost...
Remember a couple of years when we watched as our politicians let one of the longest government shutdowns in U.S. history happen? Well, according to the Washington Post, one in 16 TSA employees were out of work during the shutdown. That’s roughly six percent of the airport security, ...
"Senate Democrats own the Schumer Shutdown. Tonight, they put politics above our national security, military families, vulnerable children, and our country's ability to serve all Americans," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement before Friday midnight. ...
Related:Analysis: Throughline on Trump’s executive orders: ignoring the law. So far, he isn’t paying a political price. Most presidents try to avoid a government shutdown at all costs. But Trump might see one as a golden opportunity. ...
Postal Service operations aren't affected during a shutdown. That means the mail will still be delivered, and Post Offices will still be open. The U.S. Postal Service is an independent agency, and in previous shutdowns, operations have continued. Food assistance While funding for the Suppleme...
Biden says 'manufactured crisis' over shutdown never should have happened U.S. President Joe Biden smiles as he responds to a reporter's question about whether he will visit striking auto workers on the UAW picket line, as he walks back to the Oval Office after an event announcing the cr...
The question is over who performs a remote shutoff of a car, and when it happens. The new vehicle kill switch accelerates government regulation down a sorry new road, with bureaucrats and authorities soon capable of clicking and swiping from afar to strand you. The rationale this time—there...
The two-tiered continuing resolution deal, which would fund the government past both shutdown deadlines through March 1 and March 8, was reached just days before the first funding deadline of January 19. Caughtbetween hardliners and moderatesand navigating an extremely narrow majority, Johnson is...