Mike Bebernes

The White House quickly appealed the ruling, leaving the future of food stamps for more than 40 million Americans uncertain.

The ultimate impact will depend on how long the shutdown lasts and the decisions the Trump administration makes along the way.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers miss their 1st full paychecks as the government shutdown drags on

The slow-moving storm is expected to bring heavy rainfall and life-threatening flash flooding and landslides to parts of Jamaica and Haiti, forecasters say.

The slow-moving storm is expected to produce heavy rainfall across the Caribbean as it strengthens, increasing the risk for significant flash flooding and landslides.

Tropical Storm Melissa could become a hurricane by Friday.

Tropical Storm Melissa developed on Tuesday morning in the Caribbean Sea.

Forecasters give the system an 80% chance of developing within the next week.

Congress has made virtually no progress toward a deal to reopen the government as the standoff drags into its fourth week.

States are warning that they won't be able to provide food assistance on Nov. 1 unless a deal to reopen the government is reached.

“I think we’re headed into a shutdown,” Vice President JD Vance said Monday after a bipartisan meeting failed to yield any real progress.

A second storm system, Tropical Storm Imelda, formed over the weekend and could strengthen into a hurricane on Tuesday.

A second storm system was upgraded to a tropical depression and is expected to become Tropical Storm Imelda this weekend.

A second storm system was upgraded to a tropical depression and is expected to become Tropical Storm Imelda this weekend.

Understaffed parks were overwhelmed by trash, human waste and bad behavior when the government shut down for 35 days in 2018.

Forecasters are still developing a picture of how much risk the two systems might pose to the U.S. mainland.

Forecasters are still developing a picture of how much risk the two systems might pose to the U.S. mainland.

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Democrats say they won’t back any funding proposal unless they get something in return. Republicans have rejected their demands so far.

The National Weather Service is also tracking two other systems in the Atlantic and a hurricane in the Pacific.