Flight engineers, pilots, scientists and others flew multiple harrowing missions into Melissa without pay. They wanted to do far more.

"Don't be weak. Don't be stupid. Republicans, fight, fight, fight, win, win, win. We will immediately end the extortionist shutdown, get all of our agenda passed and make life so good for Americans that these deranged Democrat politicians will never again have the chance to destroy America," Trump said on his social media platform.

Mich., and championed by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would also extend expiring health care subsidies for one year.

The government shutdown has stretched into its 40th day. Senators are staying in Washington for a grueling weekend session hoping to find an end to the funding fight.

Both Democrats and Republicans fear the political fallout from the shutdown. But Reuters' interviews with the panel of Trump voters show little change in pre-existing ideological divisions as a result of the shutdown.

Washington's local economy has taken blows from a series of actions by the Trump administration, from the layoffs of federal workers to the ongoing law enforcement intervention with the National Guard

The Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court a federal judge’s order to provide full SNAP benefits for November. The high court agreed.