Special Edition: After the Shutdown - Families, Food Banks & Flights
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The longest government shutdown in U.S. history may be over — but its fallout is hitting families, nonprofits, and travelers nationwide.
Today, we're breaking down the ongoing impact.
First, Angela Williams, President & CEO of United Way Worldwide, shares what nonprofits are seeing on the ground, and how people can get or give help as the holidays approach.
Later, travel expert Katy Nastro from the Going travel app explains why flight disruptions and TSA delays may continue, and offers practical tips to make holiday travel smoother (and cheaper).
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, November 15th. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history may be over, |
| 0:05.4 | but the fallout is still happening all across the country. Later in the show, we'll look at what |
| 0:09.6 | that means for travelers, from flight cancellations and TSA delays, to what to expect if you're |
| 0:14.5 | flying for the holidays. But first, the shutdown is also still having a big impact on nonprofits |
| 0:19.3 | and the families they serve. They're struggling |
| 0:21.9 | to recover from weeks without federal support, and the ripple effects may last through the holidays |
| 0:26.4 | and even the new year. To help us understand what that looks like on the ground, I'm joined by |
| 0:30.9 | Angela Williams, president and CEO of United Way Worldwide, a global network that serves more than |
| 0:36.5 | 48 million people in communities |
| 0:38.1 | across the U.S. and around the world. Williams has an extensive resume. She's worked across |
| 0:43.3 | nonprofit, public and private sectors, was named a 2025 USA Today woman of the year, and much more. |
| 0:49.4 | Today, she'll share what her team is seeing now in the fallout of the shutdown and how people |
| 0:53.2 | can best help and get help as we head into the holiday season. Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy special |
| 1:01.2 | edition Saturday when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk |
| 1:05.3 | about something in the news. Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular |
| 1:09.3 | episodes where we provide all the day's news in 10 minutes. |
| 1:12.6 | I'm Erica Mandy. It's now time for today's special edition Saturday. |
| 1:19.1 | Angela Williams, thank you so much for joining us here on The Newsworthy. |
| 1:22.2 | Thanks, Erica, for the opportunity to join you. |
| 1:24.8 | So first, can you just sum up the big picture impact the government shutdown has had on the |
| 1:31.2 | work you and the United Way have done and the communities that you serve? |
| 1:34.7 | The impact has been tremendous only because there are tens of millions of people that were |
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