Associated Press

The SNAP program serves about 1 in 8 Americans and is a major piece of the nation’s social safety net. It costs more than $8 billion per month nationally.

The affected airports in more than two dozen states include Philadelphia International Airport and Newark Liberty International in New Jersey.

The agency is confronting staffing shortages caused by air traffic controllers, who are working unpaid, with some calling out of work during the shutdown.

The economic challenges have played out in different ways at the local level. Most New Jersey voters said property taxes were a “major problem."

Trump was largely absent from the campaign trail, but the GOP candidates closely aligned themselves with the president.

The FAA slows down or even stops flights temporarily anytime it is short on controllers or if there is an equipment problem.

The outcome could gauge how the electorate is responding to Trump’s policies and whether some groups of core Democratic voters still have faith in the party’s leadership.

In an era of increasingly polarized judicial elections, Republicans mounted a late-emerging campaign to defeat the justices.

Cheney led the armed forces as defense chief during the Persian Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush before returning to public life as VP under his son, George W. Bush.

Millions of low-income families in states like Pennsylvania may face delays in receiving home heating aid due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

The Associated Press will compile votes and declare winners in elections across the U.S. on Tuesday, just as the news organization has done for nearly 180 years.

The USDA has a $5 billion contingency fund for the program, but the Trump administration had reversed an earlier agency plan to use that money to keep SNAP running.