Despite the federal government shutdown beginning October 1, 2025, U.S. airports report few delays as essential staff work without pay—though risks loom if the shutdown drags on.
The 2025 government shutdown keeps air traffic control and TSA running—for now—but experts warn of growing risks to flight safety and on-time performance if the impasse continues.
The 2025 U.S. government shutdown has begun with sweeping furloughs, suspended economic data, and record gold prices—amid Trump’s threats of mass firings and irreversible cuts.
While Social Security payments continue during a government shutdown, critical services like phone support and new applications may be suspended.
The 2025 U.S. government shutdown is triggering widespread economic disruption—from halted data collection to frozen small business loans—far beyond closed national parks.
A more ideologically extreme Senate—devoid of red-state Democrats and filled with Trump-loyal Republicans—is making compromise impossible in the 2025 government shutdown.
A jury has ruled that Uber is not responsible for a sexual assault by one of its drivers, but the company still faces a massive wave of over 2,500 similar lawsuits.
Gov. Jeff Landry has asked the Trump administration to deploy Louisiana National Guard troops to high-crime areas, echoing a national Republican push to use military resources for public safety.
Bobby Cain, who in 1957 became the first Black student to graduate from a court-mandated desegregated public high school in the South, has died at age 85.
Senate leaders Schumer and Thune engaged in a heated public dispute over funding as hundreds of House Democrats staged a dramatic floor appearance to avert a shutdown.