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2 Shutdown Votes Scheduled. Don't Get Your Hopes Up

One is supported by the GOP, the other by Democrats

(Newser) - On Friday, some 800,000 federal workers will go without a paycheck for a second time. On Thursday, the Senate will consider two bills that would put a stop—one permanent, one temporary—to the shutdown. Senators will be presented with dueling options, one supported by Republicans, the other by...

FBI Agents Say Shutdown Is Doing Serious Damage

Even paid informants aren't getting paid

(Newser) - The ongoing government shutdown is damaging national security and "our enemies know they can run freely," FBI agents say in a report from a group that represents more than 14,000 current and former agents. In the FBI Agents Association report, the agents, speaking anonymously, describe how the...

Amid the Shutdown, MLK National Park Gets 16-Day Reprieve

It's all thanks to Delta's $84K

(Newser) - The Martin Luther King Jr. National Park reopened just in time for the federal holiday, and Americans have Delta, not Congress, to thank. An $83,500 grant from the airline—which has its headquarters in Atlanta, where the park is also located—will be combined with National Park Service recreation...

SNL Has Solution to the Shutdown
SNL Has Solution
to the Shutdown 
Jan 20, 2019 8:43 AM CST

SNL Has Solution to the Shutdown

Alec Baldwin's Trump plays a little game of 'Deal or No Deal' with members of Congress

(Newser) - With no deal to end the government shutdown, Saturday Night Live tried to find a simple solution for Alec Baldwin's President Trump character. As Kenan Thompson as Steve Harvey on Deal or No Deal said, "We decided to do this in the only format that you can understand:...

Pizza Delivery Man Bush Implores 'Both Sides' to End Shutdown

George W. fed his own Secret Service detail while calling for end of shutdown

(Newser) - As the country awaits President Trump's "major announcement" on the partial government shutdown, an ex-president got to work feeding those affected by it. USA Today reports on a Friday Instagram post from George W. Bush, showing him delivering pizza to his Secret Service detail; nearly 6,000 Secret...

'Major' News From Trump Coming on Shutdown

Offering few details, president says he'll speak at 3pm

(Newser) - The partial government shutdown is now in its 28th day, per a CNN tracker, and President Trump is now promising some big news on it. The president tweeted late Friday afternoon: "I will be making a major announcement concerning the Humanitarian Crisis on our Southern Border, and the Shutdown,...

Pelosi Responds to Cancellation of Trip

She accuses White House of killing a potential commercial flight, too, which White House denies

(Newser) - In his Thursday letter announcing he'd cancelled a military flight meant to carry Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers to Brussels and Afghanistan, President Trump noted that the House Speaker was still free to fly commercial . But on Friday, Pelosi shot back that the White House made that impossible, too....

Trump Cancels Pelosi&#39;s Trip Abroad
Trump Cancels
Pelosi's Trip Abroad
Jan 17, 2019 3:48 PM CST

Trump Cancels Pelosi's Trip Abroad

After she requested that the State of the Union be postponed

(Newser) - President Trump, it appears, is working on a new travel ban —and this one is aimed at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. On Thursday, the President sent Pelosi a letter saying that he was cancelling a congressional delegation’s trip abroad so Pelosi can stay in Washington DC and continue...

You Can Buy a Furloughed Worker a Beer

It's one way people are helping out those not getting a paycheck

(Newser) - At airports around the country, donations of everything from diapers to boxes of Ramen noodles are being dropped off to help TSA workers cope without a paycheck, reports the AP . That's in part because these airport screeners are typically paid less than other government employees, with most making between...

Everyone Is Watching Cardi B's 58-Second Shutdown Rant

'Hey, y'all. I just wanna remind you because it’s been a bit over three weeks, OK?'

(Newser) - If you're wondering why Cardi B went viral last night, well, so was Cardi B. "Why am I trending?" she tweeted Wednesday night. The answer: a 58-second, expletive-studded video she posted to Instagram on the shutdown a few hours earlier that has now racked up 9 million views....

Governor's Husband Cleans Park Bathroom, Bills Trump

Dan Little still hasn't received his $28 from the president

(Newser) - Among the “grim consequences” of the ongoing government shutdown, the Guardian notes, are “messy toilets, broken Joshua trees , and unsupervised campers” at national parks around the US. In Oregon, Dan Little, husband of Gov. Kate Brown, got his hands dirty this month to mitigate at least one of...

Was Pelosi's State of the Union Move a Foolish One?

Pundits weigh in

(Newser) - In a letter to President Trump on Wednesday, Nancy Pelosi suggested that the State of the Union address, scheduled for Jan. 29, be postponed until after the shutdown ends or delivered in writing. Some reactions to the House speaker's move, which she indicated was tied to security concerns :
  • Calling
...

Pelosi Sends Trump a Letter With a Big Ask

She wants him to delay his State of the Union address

(Newser) - On Jan. 3 she formally invited him to deliver the State of the Union address on Jan. 29; just shy of two weeks later, Nancy Pelosi wants it rescheduled until after the shutdown ends—or just delivered in writing. In a letter sent to President Trump, Pelosi cited security concerns,...

Furloughed by the Shutdown? Denver Will Pay Your Mortgage

For 2 months, at least

(Newser) - Denver homeowners who have been furloughed as a result of the partial government shutdown will get some relief from the city: They can apply for a city grant to pay up to two months (a maximum of $5,000) of mortgage payments, the Denver Post reports. "It's simply...

Trump Official: I Hope Most Workers Don't Come Back

Daily Caller prints op-ed from anonymous official, and president recommends it

(Newser) - The conservative Daily Caller has printed an anonymous op-ed from a writer described as "senior official in the White House," and the author makes some controversial statements about the ongoing government shutdown, including:
  • "For the sake of our nation, I hope it lasts a very long time,
...

TSA Workers, It&#39;s Time to Take Action
TSA Workers,
It's Time to
Take Action
opinion
Jan 14, 2019 6:00 PM CST

TSA Workers, It's Time to Take Action

A New York Times op-ed calls for a 'good old-fashioned strike'

(Newser) - Thousands of TSA officers are calling in sick as the government shutdown enters week four, but is that protest enough? Maybe not: "TSA workers should use last year's teachers' strikes as a model," Barbara Ehrenreich and Gary Stevenson write in the New York Times . "They were...

Trump Downplays Idea of National Emergency

President hints he won't make controversial declaration after all

(Newser) - President Trump once strongly hinted that he would declare a national emergency in order to build a border wall. On Monday, he walked back the threat about the controversial move . "Now I have the absolute legal right to call it, but I'm not looking to do that,"...

Wife of Furloughed Federal Employee Wins Lottery

Carrie Walls, whose husband was hit by shutdown, wins $100K and an SUV

(Newser) - It's never a bad time to win the lottery, but a Virginia woman's lucky ticket arrived at an especially good moment. Carrie Walls' scratch-off ticket won $100,000 and an SUV in a state contest, and Walls' husband just happens to be one of the federal employees who...

Canadians Send Pizza to Air Traffic Controllers Hit by Shutdown

They've treated at least 49 units

(Newser) - Air traffic controllers in the US are working without pay because of the government shutdown—but thanks to their counterparts north of the border, many of them aren't working without pizza. Canadian air traffic controllers, who regularly communicate with American controllers in neighboring sectors, have been organizing the delivery...

Americans Blame Mostly One Side for the Shutdown

Two polls ask who's at fault

(Newser) - Who to blame for America's longest-ever government shutdown? Two polls posed that question and got pretty similar answers. A Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that 53% mostly blame President Trump and congressional Republicans, USA Today reports; 29% point the finger at Democrats, while another 13% say both sides are...

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