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Flight delays stemming from the shutdown would continue through the holidays and a "substantial" number of Americans were on course to see their holiday plans disrupted, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday.

Duffy spoke as a federal government shutdown was into its 40th day in Washington, D.C., where senators were set to convene for a rare Sunday session as negotiations in the upper chamber drag on. Neither side appears close to backing down, as Democrats and Republicans battle over expiring subsidies for th

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