Flight delays, US government and Newark Airport
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Affected agencies include the departments of Homeland Security, Education, Energy and Health and Human Services, among others, according to an administration official.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started, an attempt by President Donald Trump’s administration to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown dragged into a 10th day.
The Trump administration has escalated its political battle with the Democrats by firing federal workers in response to the government shutdown that began last week.
The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country.
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Democrats hold a news conference to address the ongoing government shutdown as partisan gridlock continues on Capitol Hill.
A lapse in the National Flood Insurance Program because of the U.S. government shutdown threatens to snarl home sales in the nation’s riskiest floodplains and leave some homeowners without coverage in the middle of hurricane season.
More than a week into the shutdown, federal employees at United States airports are working essential jobs without pay.