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Weekend session gets off to slow start in Senate as lawmakers look for a way out of shutdown

2 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s first weekend session since the beginning of the shutdown yielded few signs of progress Saturday as Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s wish for a quick vote never materialized. The impasse that has lasted 39 days is taking an increasing toll on the country as federal workers go unpaid, airlines cancel [...]
KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press

US airlines cancel over 1,000 flights for a second straight day largely due to government shutdown

2 months ago
U.S. airlines again canceled more than 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s mandate to reduce air traffic because of the government shutdown. So far, the slowdown at many of the nation’s busiest airports hasn’t caused widespread disruptions. But it has deepened the impact felt by the nation’s longest federal shutdown. “We all travel. We [...]
John Seewar

This Week In Techdirt History: November 2nd – 8th

2 months ago
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, we featured a guest post about why most complaints about Section 230 are really just complaints about the First Amendment, and another with a deep dive into the implications of the presidential election for various issues in tech. As the votes from said election poured in, we noted […]
Leigh Beadon