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Federal workers will get paid after shutdown: Here’s why
White House officials are raising the possibility that furloughed federal workers might not be entitled to back pay from their time off during the government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers woke up Oct. 1 to find themselves furloughed or working without pay, after government funding lapsed overnight. President Trump on Tuesday said some furloughed…
Read MoreAttorney General Bondi talks at Senate Judiciary
Attorney General Pam Bondi faced questions about her leadership of the Justice Department at a Senate hearing. Source link
Read MoreIllinois’ governor weighs in on efforts to deploy the national guard in Chicago
NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Illinois Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker about President Trump’s efforts to deploy the national guard in Chicago. Source link
Read MoreWhite House floats no back pay for some furloughed federal workers despite 2019 law
President Trump spoke to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Trump is floating the possibility that some of the roughly 600,000 furloughed federal workers could be denied back pay once the government reopens, despite…
Read MoreThe government shutdown is snarling air travel. Officials say it could get worse
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a press conference at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Monday. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Travelers across the U.S. are beginning to feel the impacts of the government shutdown, as air traffic control staffing shortages disrupt flights…
Read MoreNew Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on where negotiations to end the shutdown stand
NPR’s Michel Martin interviews Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire about the state of negotiations in Congress to end the government shutdown. Source link
Read MoreSen. Jeanne Shaheen: Lawmakers must find ‘common ground’ to end the government shutdown
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., speaks to reporters as she walks through the Senate subway in the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 30 in Washington. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images On the seventh day of the government shutdown, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., called on Republicans and her fellow Democrats to find a…
Read MoreDeploying troops to Chicago is not legally justified, says Illinois attorney general
People march during Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights’ “Chicago Says No Trump No Troops” protest Saturday, Sept. 6, in Chicago. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP President Trump argues the National Guard is needed in Chicago — a city that had its fewest summer murders in 60 years — because it…
Read MoreWhy Democrats are casting the government shutdown as a health care showdown
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on October 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. The federal government shut down early Wednesday after Congress and the White House failed to reach a funding deal. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Hours into the…
Read MoreTrump’s power to deploy National Guard, explained
National Guardsmen stand outside of the Edward Roybal Federal Building on June 9, 2025 in Downtown Los Angeles, California. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Jim Vondruska/Getty Images North America President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities such as Portland, Ore.,…
Read MoreWhy some federal workers aren’t scared by the threat of shutdown layoffs
Jenna Norton is currently on furlough due to the government shutdown. She serves as a program director at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases within the National Institutes of Health, where her focus is on research into health disparities. Maansi Srivastava/NPR hide caption toggle caption Maansi Srivastava/NPR As the federal government…
Read MoreBondi testifies before Senate panel at first hearing since Comey indictment
Attorney General Pam Bondi is testifying before a Senate panel Tuesday amid mounting concerns that the Justice Department under her leadership is being weaponized to go after President Trump’s perceived enemies. Bondi’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee comes less than two weeks after the department secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey…
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