Oct 15 Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s firing of federal workers during shutdown By Janie Har, Associated Press A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown. Continue reading
Oct 15 Shutdown puts renewed spotlight on cracks in U.S. aviation system By Rio Yamat, Associated Press The government shutdown’s strain on the aviation system is starting to show. Continue reading
Oct 15 Shutdown delays release of Labor Department’s monthly inflation report By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The government shutdown is delaying another major economic report, leaving policymakers at the Federal Reserve with a cloudier economic picture. Continue reading
Oct 15 How Trump and budget chief Vought are making this government shutdown unlike any other By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The president calls budget chief Russ Vought the “grim reaper,” and Vought has seized on the opportunity to fund Trump's priorities, paying the military while slashing jobs in health, education, the sciences and other areas with actions that have been… Continue reading
Oct 15 A Kristi Noem video blames Democrats for the shutdown. Some airports are refusing to play it for being too political By Adriana Gomez Licon, Rio Yamat, Associated Press Airports in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Charlotte, Phoenix, Seattle and more say the video's political content goes against their policies or regulations prohibiting political messaging in their facilities. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch 6:03 How the latest round of federal layoffs could impact public health By Amna Nawaz, Azhar Merchant Over the weekend, roughly 1,300 employees at the CDC received notices they were fired. As the Trump administration realized it had fired some key staff, reportedly half of them were reinstated the next day. It still leaves the health agency… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 4:10 Speaker says U.S. ‘barreling toward’ prolonged shutdown as ripple effects grow By Geoff Bennett, Liz Landers, Doug Adams Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said today the U.S. is “barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns” in history. That stark warning on the 13th day of the shutdown comes as impacts are starting to ripple across the country,… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 5:30 Trump’s shutdown firings hollow out special education office By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas On Friday, the Trump administration fired most employees at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. The Department of Education office is tasked with protecting the rights of millions of children with disabilities across the country and ensuring they… Continue watching
Oct 13 WATCH: Johnson responds to critics on why he won’t call House back for shutdown negotiations By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Johnson says he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen the government. Continue reading
Oct 11 Trump directs Pentagon to use ‘all available funds’ to pay troops despite shutdown By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure U.S. troops are paid Wednesday despite the government shutdown, a short-term fix that will not apply to the hundreds of thousands of federal workers… Continue reading