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The federal government shutdown has brought respiratory virus surveillance to a halt at the national level, leaving local governments, health systems and the general public with critical blind spots as the season starts to ramp up. Key federal reports on flu, Covid-19 and RSV haven’t been updated in nearly a month, even as virus activity picks up. These viruses kill …

Finalizing a $20 billion lifeline for Argentina using taxpayers’ funds during the government shutdown was an essential action for the agency, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday. His remarks came in response to a letter from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, who wrote to Bessent a week prior requesting an explanation as to why …

US Government Shutdown Is Now Second Longest in History  Bloomberg.com ‘We absolutely need him’: Some in GOP say it’s time for Trump to get involved in shutdown talks even as leaders rebuff idea  CNN Democrats call on ‘disengaged’ Trump to get involved to end shutdown  NBC News Capitol agenda: Time for a new CR?  Politico Pressure grows as shutdown enters fourth week  The Hill Source …

Republican leaders have stuck to a straightforward position in their standoff with Democrats over government funding: No negotiations until the shutdown ends. But as the impasse drags on, some rank-and-file Republicans are starting to wonder if it’s time to change tactics. Several GOP lawmakers have suggested that President Donald Trump take a more direct role in resolving the shutdown in …

WASHINGTON — The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 2 mission has been installed on its Space Launch System rocket as preparations for the circumlunar flight continue despite a government shutdown. Sean Duffy, NASA’s acting administration, announced on social media Oct. 20 that the Orion spacecraft, called Integrity by its four-person crew, was “fully attached” to the SLS inside the Vehicle …

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) — Officials say Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will not be issued for November due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has notified every state that November funding for SNAP, the nation’s largest anti-hunger program, will not be issued. Nationwide, approximately 42 million people receive SNAP …

Summer Kerksick waited in line for two hours Tuesday to receive a box of canned and dry goods at a food bank event for federal workers amid the ongoing government shutdown. “With my rent due next week, I can take anything I can get,” Kerksick, a federal contractor and market research analyst with the Rural Export Center in the US …

Senate Republicans projected a unified front at the White House Rose Garden Tuesday, arriving at President Donald Trump’s invitation as they refuse to yield to Democratic demands for health care funds into the fourth week of the government shutdown. While hosting, Trump praised the GOP leadership, singling out senators by name, trashed former President Joe Biden and previewed his own …

Sen. Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican, outlined the GOP position ahead of the meeting with the president later in the day, telling reporters that “the whole purpose of lunch today is to keep all the team together to make sure that we don’t have any weak links.” When asked at what point the president needs to get directly involved in …

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, Senate Republicans are headed to the White House on Tuesday — not for urgent talks on how to end it but for a display of unity with President Donald Trump as they refuse to negotiate on any Democratic demands. Senate Democrats, too, are confident in their strategy to keep …