More than 1,000 flights canceled today due to cuts tied to shutdown

  2:31 PM Airlines cancel more than 1,000 flights on second day of cuts U.S. airlines on Saturday canceled more than 1,000 flights following the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce air traffic amid traffic controller shortages caused by the government shutdown, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks flight disruptions. So far, the second

Senate holds rare Saturday session aimed at ending shutdown

  8m ago Thune says “minibus” package of appropriations bills is “almost ready” Thune told reporters that the GOP conference is working to finalize the text of the “minibus,” or the package of three appropriations bills that Republicans hope will entice moderate Democrats to vote to advance the continuing resolution that would reopen the government.

Trump admin. asks judge to allow U.S. to deport Abrego Garcia to Liberia

The Trump administration late Friday urged a federal judge in Maryland to allow immigration officials to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the West African country of Liberia, saying the U.S. government has cleared the final legal hurdle in the deportation process. Abrego Garcia’s case has been at the center of the national debate over President Trump’s

Supreme Court allows Trump admin. to temporarily pause full SNAP payments

Washington — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday froze, for now, a lower court order that required the Trump administration to swiftly provide full federal food benefits to roughly 42 million Americans. The order from Jackson is temporary. She said it will give a federal appeals court more time to consider whether to

Supreme Court temporarily freezes order requiring Trump admin. to provide full SNAP payments

Washington — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday froze, for now, a lower court order that required the Trump administration to swiftly provide full federal food benefits to roughly 42 million Americans. The order from Jackson is temporary. She said it will give a federal appeals court more time to consider whether to