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Congress has reached a budget agreement, setting up an end to the government shutdown after 43 days once President Donald Trump signs the legislation.The vote passed late Friday evening in a 222-209 vote, with six Democrats backing the Republican-led measure.The House passed a package of bills Wednesday night that will…
Maybe Thanksgiving travel won’t be total chaos after all.Flyers have been on a rollercoaster since the government shutdown on October 1, which has forced air traffic controllers to work without pay for 43 days.Things began to further spiral on Friday, when government officials started cutting 10% of flights across 40…
America’s travel nightmare isn’t over yet.Even as US lawmakers negotiate a reopening of the Federal government, the effects of the shutdown could take a while longer to return to normal.”This is not a rubber band, so it’s not going to snap back,” Aviation strategist Henry Harteveldt, president of Atmosphere Research…
The surge in flight delays and cancellations has caused travel snarls nationwide, and it isn’t just the passengers who are sounding off about plane woes.Viral videos posted on social media this week showed pilots making candid cabin announcements about the sorry state of things on the tarmac.A passenger who said…
Millions of travelers are about to be stuck in a government-directed slowdown of air travel as the strain grows on unpaid and overworked air traffic controllers.Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that, starting on Friday, officials are cutting 10% of flights at 40 US airports.The aviation analytics company Cirium compiled a…
Travel companies gave lawmakers a blunt warning on what to expect if they don’t end the government shutdown before Thanksgiving.The US Travel Association sent a letter to congressional leaders on Monday urging them to end the shutdown and avoid the chaos that they say will result if the funding lapse…
Many Head Start programs across the country won’t open their doors on Monday.Nearly 65,000 children in Head Start programs nationwide may lose access in the coming days after missing their November 1 funding deadline for federal grants due to the ongoing government shutdown, according to the National Head Start Association.…
