<p><a href="/tags/pos/" rel="tag">#POS</a></p><p>American families are worried about losing <a href="/tags/foodstamp/" rel="tag">#FoodStamp</a> benefits. Hundreds of thousands of <a href="/tags/federalworkers/" rel="tag">#FederalWorkers</a> have no idea when they will next be paid. Several <a href="/tags/airports/" rel="tag">#airports</a> have been experiencing delays because of staffing shortages.</p><p>The pain of the government <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a> is growing more acute as it grinds toward the 5-week mark, with <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> showing little movement toward a resolution. But <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> has been attending to other matters.</p><p><a href="/tags/plutocracy/" rel="tag">#plutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/oligarchy/" rel="tag">#oligarchy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/trump-shutdown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/trump-shutdown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-shutdown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>