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November 11, 2025 3:40 PM

What’s in the deal to end the longest US government shutdown?

A deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history has cleared an initial hurdle in the Senate, but Congress has more work to do before sending it on to President Donald Trump to sign into law. Here is a summary of the package: TEMPORARILY RESTORES GOVERNMENT FUNDING The bill would restore government funding that Congress allowed to expire on October 1, funding agency operations at existing levels through January 30. This would buy time for lawmakers to finish work on detailed spen...

November 9, 2025 10:50 AM

Italy urges US to unlock pay for military base workers amid shutdown

Local staff at some American military bases in Italy have not been paid due to the U.S. government shutdown and Rome is in talks with U.S. authorities to resolve the issue, the Italian foreign ministry said on Saturday. About 2,000 non-military Italian employees, mainly at Aviano Air Base and the Vicenza army base in northeast Italy, missed their October pay despite being employed under Italian work contracts, the ministry said. Italian workers at U.S. Navy bases in the country, however, were ...

November 9, 2025 11:43 AM

Talks to end US shutdown look promising, Senate majority leader says

Bipartisan talks in the U.S. Senate to end the federal shutdown have taken a positive turn, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Saturday, with lawmakers working on deals to temporarily reopen the government and introduce three longer-term funding bills for some agencies. Asked by reporters whether there have been bipartisan talks within the last 24 hours that have been positive in nature, Thune, a South Dakota Republican, responded, "Yeah. I'd say so." Saturday marked the 39th day of the...

November 6, 2025 12:15 PM

US orders 10% flights cut at major US airports due to shutdown

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Wednesday that he would order a 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports, citing air traffic control safety concerns as a government shutdown hit a record 36th day. The drastic plan sent airlines scrambling to make significant reductions in flights in just 36 hours and passengers flooded airline customer service hotlines with concerns about air travel in the coming days. Duffy said the cuts could be reversed if Democrats agreed to reopen the...

October 31, 2025 11:17 AM

Vance warns of US aviation ‘disaster’ if shutdown does not end

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday warned of a potential holiday meltdown if a government shutdown stretches into the busy Thanksgiving holiday travel season and urged Democrats to provide the votes to reopen the government. Vance said after a White House meeting with the CEOs of American Airlines AAL.O and United Airlines UAL.O, unions and other aviation industry officials that a shutdown into late November could lead to more employee absences and much longer security lines and flight delays....

October 5, 2025 5:03 PM

As shutdown drags on, US voters see blame game threatening Democrats and Republicans

Betty Snellenberg and Grace Cook stood on opposite sides of the walkway into the early voting center in Virginia Beach - one promoting the Democratic ticket for the November 4 statewide election, the other distributing pamphlets for the Republican nominees. Flanking the entrance, the two women embodied the country's partisan split as a days-old government shutdown threatened to cleave the political left and right further apart, with each side blaming the other for the paralysis in Washington. ...