Tag: government shutdown
At a minimum, the recent government shutdown cost the U.S. government an estimated $3 billion, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. That figure represents the loss of economic activity from the 800,000 furloughed employees…
WASHINGTON The government may be reopening, but the consequences of the longest federal shutdown in U.S. history are likely to linger for national parks, forests, the federal workforce and cutting-edge scientific research. Some may…
In offering a compromise of sorts to end the partial government shutdown, President Trump invited the American public to join him Saturday in an exercise of blame-shifting. People should resist the impulse to hold anyone…
WASHINGTON (AP) Thirty-one days into the partial government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans appeared no closer to ending the impasse than when it began, with President Donald Trump lashing out at his opponents after they…
The government shutdown has entered its third week. Besides the 800,000 government workers who have lost their paychecks and are now living on their savings or finding other ways to make ends meet, there is…
WASHINGTON A day after calling for a bipartisan compromise to resolve the partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump stormed out of a White House negotiating session Wednesday when Democratic leaders refused to agree to…
Are absences of Transportation Security Administration officers slowing down airport screening lines? Depends on whom you ask. The TSA says no, theres little or no difference in staffing levels. But other air-travel organizations are citing…
WASHINGTON (AP) Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are expected to attend a briefing on border security at the White House as the government remains partially shut down and President Donald Trump asks in a…
The shutdown of roughly 25 percent of the federal government continued into a sixth day Thursday, with little or no evidence that President Trump and his Democratic opponents on Capitol Hill are moving any closer…
WASHINGTON (AP) Pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown, the White House is insisting that Congress provide $5 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border despite lawmaker resistance from…
