• Day 30 of the shutdown: Food stamp benefits could halt for millions of Americans this weekend due to the government shutdown. Meanwhile, federal workers across the country are going unpaid and finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet.
• Still talking: Although senators are leaving DC, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he expects members to continue talking over the weekend. Thune previously noted that there was an uptick in bipartisan talks this week.
• Meeting with Xi: Donald Trump is back in the US after meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea, with the US president saying they came to an agreement on “almost everything,” including tariffs and rare earth minerals.
Vice President JD Vance and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Thursday that Americans could face a travel “disaster” as Thanksgiving approaches next month without an end in sight to the government shutdown.
Their comments came after Vance hosted a roundtable of aviation, travel and union leaders at the White House, during which they aired their concerns with the current state of the industry and worked out potential, temporary solutions to ease the strain on Federal Aviation Administration employees who are being forced to work without pay to ensure Americans can fly safely, two White House officials told CNN.
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