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DEVELOPING: Kaine to support, Warner comes out in opposition to deal to end shutdown

By Angela Woolsey and Associated Press
The U.S. Capitol is photographed on 37th day of the government shutdown on Nov. 6, 2025 (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is voting on the first steps to end the 40-day government shutdown Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who wanted to continue the fight.

The group of three former governors — New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan and Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine — said they would vote to reopen if the Senate passed three annual spending bills and extend the rest of government funding until late January. Senate Majority Leader John Thune endorsed the deal Sunday night and called an immediate vote to begin the process of approving it.

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Dulles and Reagan National among airports to cut flights amid federal shutdown

By Angela Woolsey and Associated Press
Frontier and Southwest Airlines planes sit at gates at Dulles International Airport during sunrise (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Northern Virginia’s two major airports are among the 40 directed by the Federal Aviation Administration to reduce flights, starting tomorrow (Friday), in response to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

The FAA announced yesterday that it will reduce air traffic by 10% across “high-volume” markets to maintain travel safety as air traffic controllers go unpaid and exhibit signs of strain during the shutdown, which has now stretched on for a record 37 days.

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Federal government shutdown now the longest ever, as Trump meets with GOP senators

By Associated Press
President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast with Senate and House Republicans in the State Dining Room of the White House on Nov. 5, 2025 (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has entered its 36th day, breaking the record as the longest ever and disrupting the lives of millions of Americans with federal program cuts, flight delays and federal workers nationwide left without paychecks.

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BREAKING: Democrats projected to win governor seat, all Fairfax delegate races

By Angela Woolsey and Associated Press
Campaign signs outside Cedar Park Elementary School in Vienna for the 2025 Republican and Democratic statewide tickets (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Democrat Abigail Spanberger won the governor’s race in Virginia today (Tuesday), defeating Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, the Associated Press declared at 7:58 p.m.

Spanberger will succeed Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who is not allowed to run for a second consecutive term. Her victory aligns with recent voting patterns in Virginia, which picks its governors the year after a presidential election and tends to elect someone of the opposite party of the president.

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McLean resident who helped engineer invasion of Iraq dies at 84

By Associated Press and Angela Woolsey
FILE - Vice President Dick Cheney delivers his speech to troops at Fairchild Air Force base on Monday, April 17, 2006 in Spokane, Wash. (AP Photo/Dustin Snipes, file)

Longtime McLean resident and former vice president Dick Cheney has died, leaving behind a legacy largely defined by his advocacy for the U.S.’s invasion of Iraq and expansion of the surveillance state that followed 9/11.

Cheney died Monday due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said Tuesday in a statement.

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Fairfax ice skater solidifies Olympic favorite status with near-flawless performance in Canada

By Associated Press
Ilia Malinen, who lives in Vienna and trains in Reston, begins his free skate at 2025 Skate Canada (via NBC Sports/YouTube)

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

SASKATOON, Canada (AP) — U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin broke the world record for the free skate in winning Skate Canada with ease on Sunday, keeping his two-year unbeaten streak intact and underscoring his status as favorite to win Olympic gold at the Milano-Cortina Games.

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Pressure builds on Congress to end the shutdown, but a quick breakthrough appears unlikely

By Associated Press
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) faces reporters, joined from left by Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minnesota), and Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler at a news conference on day 27 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol on Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

By KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The pressure to end the second-longest federal government shutdown is gaining new urgency this week as millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food assistance, more federal workers miss their first full paycheck and recurring delays at airports snarl travel plans.

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Virginia gubernatorial candidates debate trans youth rights as LGBTQ+ voters weigh fraught moment

By Associated Press
Republican candidates Winsome Earle-Sears and John Reid speak at a Moms for Liberty town hall Oct. 3, 2025, in Fairfax City (AP Photo/Olivia Diaz)

By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America

SALEM, Va. (AP) — René Harvey and her wife arrived at a Roanoke Valley pride celebration in October carrying deep-seated worries about all that could go wrong.

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Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on

By Associated Press
A sign that reads "Closed due to federal government shutdown" outside of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, JOEY CAPPELLETTI, JESSE BEDAYN and SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. And now they are confronting new uncertainty with the Trump administration’s promised layoffs.

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White House begins firing federal workers amid shutdown, as Democrats call move ‘illegal’

By Associated Press and Angela Woolsey
Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, listens as he addresses members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social media site X that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force plans aimed at reducing the size of the federal government.

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