Could airport slowdowns end the shutdown?
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4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Starting Friday, federal workers will be getting their first paychecks for smaller-than-usual amounts as a result of the government shutdown. That’s likely to especially sting federal employees who still have to show up to work, including TSA agents and air traffic controllers. They've helped up the pressure to end shutdowns before. Could they do it again? Plus, we'll unpack how C-suite execs are currently feeling about tariffs and artificial intelligence.
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| 1:50.6 | Starting to borrow, federal workers will get paychecks for the days just before the government shutdown, |
| 1:56.4 | but no pay for now for the work they're required to do during the shutdown, looking at the short pay stubs. |
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