We've introduced you to all sorts of spectacular getaways with our escapes series this summer, from The Newburgh Brewing Company upstate to The Wild Honey Pie's Summer Camp to events at Rockaway Beach
The government's budget deadline has passed, the Senate and the House were not able to agree on a spending bill because of last-ditch attempts by critics of the Affordable Care Act in the House who voted to defund the program, and the United States is going into federal government shutdown starting this morning