Experts say a food aid program that helps 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money unless the government shutdown ends within two weeks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A food aid program that helps more than 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money within two weeks unless the government shutdown ends, forcing states to use their own money to keep it afloat or risk it shutting down, experts say.

Legislators from both political parties are asking to have their pay withheld amid the ongoing government shutdown.

A common thread running through the controversies of the new fall season of America’s bitter politics is Donald Trump’s attempt to impose unfettered, often unprecedented presidential power on multiple fronts.

ANALYSIS: Sorting out who wins when workers are being furloughed and services to Americans frozen is a fool’s errand, writes Eric Garcia, but two races ahead of the 2026 midterms will serve as bellwethers.

Republican Senators are holding a luxury fundraising retreat as hundreds of thousands of federal workers go without paychecks on due to the government shutdown. Democratic Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester joins The Weekend to discuss.

Air travelers are starting to see the impact of a government shutdown, as both Denver International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport experienced ground delays Monday because of air traffic staff shortages.