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Live updates: House vote to end government shutdown expected Wednesday; Supreme Court extends pause on providing full SNAP benefits  NBC Newssource

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday warned that flight disruptions could skyrocket in the coming days if the House of Representatives does not vote to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.Ongoing government-mandated flight cancellations and severe weather in parts of the country have continued to wreak havoc on air travel. In a news […]

news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeWASHINGTON — With a potential end to the government shutdown in sight, the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a freeze on a federal judge’s ruling that would require the Trump administration to fully fund the SNAP food program in November.The decision means the government, for now, does […]

American travelers saw a flicker of hope with the promised reopening of the federal government, but ongoing mandated flight cancellations and some nasty weather in parts of the country could continue causing travel misery in the coming days.As of Tuesday afternoon, over 1,200 flights within, into or out of the United States had been canceled […]

President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to review the civil judgment that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.The Justice Department today notified U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who oversaw the lawsuit on the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, that the independent agency may be out […]