Shares of Cameco Corp. rose more than 20 per cent after the company and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. announced a partnership agreement with the U.S. government to help build nuclear reactors in the United States.

A pseudonymous market analyst known as “CryptoOracle” has caught the crypto community’s attention after his eerily timed prediction about the U.S. government shutdown - made days before it actually began.

Pressure on Congress to resolve the impasse intensified Monday when the nation’s largest federal employee union urged lawmakers to immediately pass a funding bill.

The stopgap bill, which would extend government funding until Nov. 21, was defeated after a 49-45 vote. It required 60 votes to pass and has now extended the shutdown to two weeks. The Senate will reconvene and vote again on Oct. 15, marking the ninth voting session on the funding bill.

The federal government officially entered a shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday amid an impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills.

Vance said Tuesday that 1.3 million U.S. troops will get a paycheck on Friday despite a congressional funding lapse and stalemate that has partially shuttered the federal government for the last 28 days.

U.S. air travel turmoil deepened as nearly 7,000 flights were delayed nationwide on Monday, with air traffic controller absences surging as the federal government shutdown reached its 27th day. The Federal Aviation Administration cited staffing shortages and imposed ground delay programs affecting Newark Airport in New Jersey,

At least $80 billion of new nuclear reactors will be constructed across the U.S. under a new partnership formed between the U.S. government, Westinghouse Electric, Cameco and Brookfield Asset Management.

It's been nearly a month since the partial government shutdown has been in effect, but the real pain is expected to kick in on Nov. 1

Some lawmakers worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive president.