• SNAP recipients in limbo — again: The Supreme Court last night let the Trump administration pause full SNAP food aid benefits for now, leaving recipients once again scrambling to make ends meet. The shutdown is likely to continue into next week, deepening concerns about damage it could do to the overall economy.
• Travel disruptions: Staffing problems at air traffic control facilities are causing delays across the country today, even as airlines are implementing an FAA-mandated 4% cut in flights at 40 major airports. Over 1,700 flights have been canceled from Friday through Sunday.
• What’s next?: Airlines will be required to gradually increase those cuts over the next week, with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warning flight reductions could increase to 20% if the shutdown doesn’t end soon. Are you impacted? Tell us about it. Track cancellations here.
Senate GOP leader John Thune said he intends to keep the Senate in session until the federal government reopens and the shutdown is over.
Thune is working to garner votes for a package of three full-year funding bills that would reopen the government.
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