The government shutdown is just days away from the one-month mark. With the president abroad, no major breakthroughs in Congress are expected.

Air traffic controllers struggle without paychecks during 27-day shutdown. Expert predicts travel chaos similar to 2019 unless government reopens soon.

TRUMP TRAVELS TO JAPAN: President Donald Trump has arrived in Japan, the second stop on his three-country Asia tour. He met with Emperor Naruhito in the evening, and will have a bilateral meeting tomorrow with newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

U.S. air travel turmoil deepened as more than 5,600 flights were delayed nationwide on Monday, with air traffic controller absences surging as the federal government shutdown reached its 27th day. The Federal Aviation Administration cited staffing shortages and imposed ground delay programs affecting Newark Airport in New Jersey,

The coming Nov. 1 open enrollment date for Obamacare could be an inflection point in the ongoing government shutdown.

The ongoing government shutdown continues to disrupt flights and put pressure on air traffic controllers, who are working without pay.

Then, on April 25, 1980, along came then-Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti with a landmark opinion: Continuing to operate an agency without official appropriations, he ruled in response to a lawmaker’s query, constituted a violation of an obscure law called the 1884 Antideficiency Act. It was all downhill from there.

Communities are stepping up as the clock is ticking on critical food support for nearly 500,000 Minnesotans. Funding for food assistance like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, runs out on Nov. 1.