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US Government shutdown continues as unpaid airport staff stop turning up for work

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 3 Nov 2025, 7:27am
The US Senate has adjourned without a funding deal being agreed on. (Photo / AP)
The US Senate has adjourned without a funding deal being agreed on. (Photo / AP)

US Government shutdown continues as unpaid airport staff stop turning up for work

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 3 Nov 2025, 7:27am

The US Government shutdown has reached 32 days, 3 days away from the longest in history. 

President Donald Trump seems to be on-track to break his own record after the shutdown in late 2018 which lasted 35 days. 

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that the shutdown is affecting US public services. 

'More and more air traffic controllers are staying off work since they're not being paid.'

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