The first agreement, which was very brief, called for a “new golden age” in the U.S.-Japan alliance and referred to the “GREAT DEAL” on trade that Trump announced in July, which imposes a 15% tariff on Japanese goods in exchange for $550 billion in Japanese investment in the United States.

WASHINGTON — The largest union for federal workers urged Congress on Monday to pass a “clean” funding bill to end the government shutdown, undercutting Democrats who are demanding that any deal include subsidies for people who get their insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

By Saturday morning, the federal budget impasse won’t just be about politics. It will begin to land in grocery store checkout lines, in pay stubs for federal workers, and in inboxes from health insurance companies.

It's been nearly a month since the partial government shutdown has been in effect, but the real pain is expected to kick in on Nov. 1

U.S. air travel turmoil deepened as nearly 7,000 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,

Operations at Newark Liberty on Monday were impacted by massive delays from Sunday that spilled over. Later, a ground stop was issued.

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.

Follow live updates as President Donald Trump visits Japan and meets with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as part of his weeklong trip to Asia.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution to end what is now the the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history.The Senate will return on Monday having last week failed to advance bill that would reopen the government until Nov.