Government shutdown to hit 1-week mark
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National Air Traffic Controllers Association tells its members that failing to report to work could cost them their job.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill are "ready to sit down to work things out," after President Donald Trump said Monday that he'd be open to striking a deal with Democrats on the shutdown fight.
The federal government is currently shut down. NPR's network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the government shutdown could impact air traffic controllers' ability to do their jobs safely.
There were no air traffic controllers expected at the tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport in the Los Angeles area, and Denver and Newark airports were experiencing delays due to shortages.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday that the government shutdown is putting more stress on air traffic controllers who already have an extremely stressful job, as well as threatening a program that small communities rely on to help subsidize airline service.
The government shutdown means that the Bureau of Labor Statistics was unable to release September's labor data, which spells bad news for the Fed.
Government shutdown freezes military paychecks as President Donald Trump assures troops aboard USS Harry S. Truman they will get back pay and 3.8% raise.
Nearly half of all respondents to a new CBS News poll say they’re concerned about the effect the shutdown will have on the economy, and half of all respondents don’t approve of the way Democrats, Republicans and President Donald Trump are handling it.