🇺🇸 Senate Democrats have voted to extend the House shutdown by yet another week.

The House of Representatives will thus reunite on November 17th at the earliest but it is possible that the shutdown may continue and extend over the Thanksgiving break and open in December.

It is unlikely that the U.S. government will be restarted in November and that SNAP benefits will be resumed.

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🇺🇸 Department of Transportation might be forced to shut down some airspace next week: Duffy

"So if, if you bring us to a week from today, Democrats, you will see mass chaos," he said. "You will see mass flight delays. You'll see mass cancelations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace, because we just cannot manage it because we don't have the air traffic controllers."

Nearly 50% of all major air traffic control facilities face staffing shortages, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Air traffic controllers are required to work without pay for the duration of the shutdown.

About 13,000 air traffic controllers are currently working without pay, according to the FAA. On Friday, the agency said that 80% of New York area staff had called out.

"These hard-working Americans have bills to pay, and they are being forced to make decisions and choices," Duffy said Monday of air traffic controllers at an unrelated event in Philadelphia. "Do they go to work as an air traffic controller, or do they have to find a different job to get resources, money, to put food on their table, to put gas in their car? And as every day goes by, I think the problem is only going to get worse, not better."

Duffy said last month that air traffic controllers could be let go if they didn't show up for work.

"When you come to work, you get paid," Duffy said Oct. 9 in remarks on Fox Business’ "Varney & Co." "If you don't come to work, you don't get paid. ... If we have some on our staff that aren't dedicated, we're going to let them go."

But the transportation secretary softened that stance over the weekend, telling CBS' "Face the Nation" that he would not fire any air traffic controllers for not showing up to work.

"They need support, they need money, they need a paycheck. They don't need to be fired," he said.

🔗 https://abcnews.go.com/US/department-transportation-forced-shut-airspace-week-duffy/story?id=127178219&cid=social_twitter_abcn

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🇺🇸 730 billion USD have been wiped out from the stock market today.

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🇺🇸✈️💥 — UPS cargo plane carrying 200-250K gallons of fuel crashes near the Louisville International Airport, Kentucky.

🇺🇸✈️💥 — Video of the massive inferno near the Louisville International Airport.