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More than 1,000 Saturday flights were canceled and thousands more were delayed as the Federal Aviation Administration reduced air traffic at airports across the country due to the government shutdown, creating chaos for travelers.
The shutdown has dragged on for a record 39 days, meaning air traffic controllers have not been paid for over a month.
To reduce the “immense strain and fatigue” on the federal workers as some of the busiest holiday travel days approach, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday that 40 airports would be forced to cut flight capacity. Flights were reduced by 4 percent Friday. Airports are bracing for next week, when the FAA said reductions will ramp up to 6 percent by November 11, 8 percent by November 13, and 10 percent by November 14.
On Saturday, travelers were already left scrambling. More than 7,000 flights in the U.S. faced disruptions, according to FlightAware, as ground stops and delays plagued travel hubs. Though some of the delay were..

The FBI is investigating the death of a cruise ship passenger, according to officials.
A passenger traveling aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship reportedly died during a recent voyage, according to WSVN.
Carnival Cruise Line said it was cooperating fully with federal investigators, based in Miami, and is focusing on supporting the passenger’s family.
The ship returned to Miami on schedule Saturday.
“Since this is an ongoing matter under the jurisdiction of law enforcement, all media inquiries need to be directed to the FBI’s Miami public affairs office,” the company said in a statement.
A passenger died while traveling aboard the Carnival Horizon in November 2025. The FBI is investigating the passenger’s death (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)The Independent has requested comment from the FBI.
No further details were made available about the passenger or the circumstances of their death.
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President Donald Trump’s administration has agreed to fully fund a critical food assistance program that has stranded millions of Americans and their families after the government failed to keep it afloat at the start of the month.
But the government is simultaneously appealing a court order to ensure the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is fully funded after a weeklong lapse — the first in the program’s 61-year history.
A federal appeals court rejected his emergency request Friday night, leaving the order in place to fully fund SNAP for November.
On Thursday, a federal judge gave the administration 24 hours to fully fund SNAP and the Department of Agriculture said Friday afternoon that it will immediately begin funding the program while the legal challenge plays out.
District Judge John McConnell had ordered the administration to deliver full payments to states by Friday after finding that the government failed to address any administrative issues that prevented states from q..

A federal appeals court leaves an order in place that requires President Donald Trump ’s administration to provide full SNAP food benefits for November amid a U.S. government shutdown.
The judge gave the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. But the administration asked the appeals court to suspend any court orders requiring it to spend more money than is available in a contingency fund, and instead allow it to continue with planned partial SNAP payments for the month.
The food program serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.
The court filing came even as the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a memo to states that it’s working to make funds available Friday for full monthly SNAP benefits.
Officials in at least a half-dozen states confirmed that some SNAP recipients already were issued full November payments on Friday.
Which states issued SNAP payments
“Food benefits are now beginning t..

CloseTrump on Pelosi: “I thought she was an evil woman who did a poor job”Airlines across the U.S. are canceling hundreds of flights at major airports due to the ongoing government shutdown.
More than 650 flights within, into or out of the U.S. have been canceled for Friday, when air traffic cuts are due to begin, based on data shared by FlightAware.
It comes after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced 40 of the country’s busiest airports would be reducing flight schedules by 10 percent.
A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to find enough money to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, for November.
The ruling from the judge in Rhode Island comes after the administration said it would only partially fund SNAP using $4.6 billion in emergency funding for the month, leaving roughly half of the more than 41 million Americans enrolled in the food stamps program without benefits.
The ruling comes after Presi..

Tesla shareholders have overwhelmingly voted to award Elon Musk a massive $878 billion pay package, rather than risk losing him, backing their “superstar CEO” to drive the electric vehicle manufacturer toward a market value of $8.5 trillion within a decade.
Over 75 percent of shareholders backed the plan, company officials said, and news of the approval sent cheers through the audience of investors at Tesla’s annual shareholders meeting in Austin, Texas.
The vote signals investor confidence that Musk is the only man who can lead the business into its next phase of growth into artificial intelligence, self-driving robo-taxis, and humanoid robots.
“I’d like to thank the Tesla board for their immense support,” Musk told the crowd. “We have a fantastic board, a fantastic group of shareholders… What we’re about to embark upon is not merely a new chapter in the future of Tesla but a whole new book.”
The compensation plan voted through outlines several performance milestones that Musk is no..

A federal judge has ordered Homeland Security officials to improve conditions inside a Chicago-area immigrant detention facility where detainees say they are treated “worse than animals” and packed into unsanitary holding cells “like a pile of fish.”
Wednesday’s temporary restraining order from District Judge Robert W. Gettleman follows several hours of courtroom testimony from five people who have been crammed inside the Broadview Processing Center, a focal point for protests against Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
“It has really become a prison,” Gettleman said during a hearing Tuesday.
In court filings and in haunting courtroom testimony, detainees described being forced to sleep sitting upright or on urine-soaked floors next to clogged toilets under bright lights. “It was too much,” one person said while crying on the stand.
“Broadview is a black hole, and federal officials are acting with impunity inside its walls,” according to a lawsuit brought by civil rights groups on ..

In recent months, Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has turned heads by openly clashing with GOP leadership on hot-button issues — from the government shutdown to the U.S. relationship with Israel.
Now, one of her colleagues across the aisle is claiming this public rift stems from personal grievances, rather than genuine policy differences.
“People are like, ‘Oh my god, she’s saying all these things, like, what’s gotten into her lately?’” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, said during an Instagram livestream after she was asked about Greene’s apparent change of tune.
“Here’s some tea for you,” she said, leaning in towards the camera.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene wanted to run for Senate in Georgia,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “So, she was gearing up for that statewide race, and Trump told her no. And she has been on a revenge tour ever since.”
open image in galleryAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez said during an Instagram livestream that Marjorie Taylor Greene wanted to run f..

A UPS plane crashed near Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday evening, causing injuries and sending a plume of black smoke into the sky.
Officials from multiple agencies are responding to the crash, the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department wrote on X.
Police described the site of the crash near Fern Valley and Grade Lane as an “active scene with fire and debris,” with multiple injuries reported.
A UPS MD-11 aircraft crashed around 5:15pm local time after the plane departed the airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Honolulu-bound plane had three crew members onboard, according to UPS.
open image in galleryA UPS plane crashed Tuesday evening near the Louisville International Airport, causing multiple injuries and sending a plume of black smoke and fire into the sky“At this time, we have not confirmed any injuries/casualties,” the company wrote in a statement.
The Louisville airport is a major hub for the company.
The FAA a..

CloseRecord-breaking early voting could reshape New York City’s election outcomeZohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in New York City’s mayoral race, is facing off against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent, on Election Day.
Voters will also pick a new governor in New Jersey and Virginia and decide on a ballot measure in California to redraw its congressional district maps.
Nearly 1.5 million people had cast their ballots in New York City by 3 p.m. Tuesday – with hours more to go before the polls close – but already far outstripping the 1.1 million who voted in the 2021 election.
New Yorkers can continue to vote until 9 p.m. ET when polls close. In other states where elections were taking place, polls close in Virginia at 7 p.m. ET, in New Jersey at 8 p.m. ET, in California at 8 p.m. PT and in Texas at 7 p.m. local time.
President Donald Trump has baselessly claimed voting in California was “rigged.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom dismissed Tr..