Some residents are receiving benefits, but the uncertainty over the past weeks has burdened many in the two states, where the cost of food is the highest in the nation.
Katherine du Plessis, a 43-year-old single mother who depends on SNAP benefits to make ends meet, at home with her 8-year-old daughter on Sunday in Anchorage.
The Federal Aviation Administration has required airlines to cut flights to reduce the strain on air traffic controllers, who have gone weeks without a paycheck.
New York will have its first Muslim mayor. Virginia will have its first female governor, and, for the first time in U.S. history, a Muslim woman will hold statewide office.
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