30-Day Shutdown Deepens Crisis, Lawmakers Deadlocked

The government shutdown has entered its 30th day and is deepening nationwide disruptions, risking becoming the longest in U.S. history. Teamsters President Sean O’Brien and United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby urged lawmakers to pass a “clean” continuing resolution, warning of mounting aviation delays, unpaid transportation workers and risks to safety and the broader economy. A looming Nov. 1 cutoff of SNAP and other nutrition programs threatens more than 40 million Americans, and the White House has shifted funds to pay the military while declining to tap contingency funds for food aid. Senate Democrats are divided, with many withholding support pending an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies while centrist Democrats and some Republicans press for a quick bipartisan deal. House Republicans, including Rep. Stephanie Bice, are pushing Democrats to back a no‑strings CR even as conservative figures publicly scold GOP leadership over health‑care handling. Behind the scenes, negotiations continue amid mounting humanitarian and economic pressure to resolve the stalemate before additional deadlines inflict more acute harm.