Lawmakers Jet Off While Shutdown Drags On

0:00It's March 31st. Welcome to Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI and packed with headlines. The partial government shutdown just hit a grim milestone, becoming the longest in US history after starting February 14th. Federal workers and homeland security and beyond are missing paychecks, airports are amests with delays, yet politicians from both parties are jetting. Off like nothing's wrong, TMZ snapped picks of several big names hitting the road. Under Lindsey Graham from South Carolina, chilled at Disney World, March 27th through 29th, even grabbing breakfast with Mickey. Mouse. Ted Cruz zipped from DC to Houston, Dallas for a convention, then South Florida, trailed by cops at the airport. Democrats and independents aren't sitting it out either. Bernie Sanders flew first class out of DC. March 27th. Robert Garcia from California popped up in a Vegas casino, March 29th, but he said it was just lunch with his dad who's lived there 15 years.

1:02Amy Klobuchar made a high school robotics event in Minnesota, same day rocking a supportive t-shirt. Some face pushback on the spot. Folks at Denver Airport told John Barrasso from Wyoming to end the shutdown as he headed home, March 27th. Buddy Carter from Georgia caught his 10-year-old grandson's baseball game, then jetted back and he's donating his pay to furloughed workers. While families grade by, intentions rise on both sides of the aisle, these trips spotlight the disconnect shut down drags on, but lawmakers keep, moving, leaving everyday folks to put the frustration.