{"id":363415,"date":"2025-11-08T01:11:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T01:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/363415\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T01:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T01:11:20","slug":"the-latest-hundreds-of-flights-canceled-nationwide-due-to-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/363415\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest: Hundreds of flights canceled nationwide due to government shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/federal-aviation-administration\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Aviation Administration<\/a> \u2019s unprecedented order to <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/flight-cuts-government-shutdown-airlines-c21ffa6c3d55e3d2fe7f53702112727b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scale back flights nationwide<\/a> because of the <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-democrats-trump-senate-7cc1938d861b396fab07b5d2b7b28e62\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">record-long government shutdown<\/a> took effect Friday morning, with some passengers trying to figure out backup travel plans.<\/p>\n<p>Airlines scrambled to adjust their schedules and began canceling flights Thursday in anticipation of the FAA\u2019s official order, while travelers with plans for the weekend and beyond <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shutdown-airlines-passengers-cancellation-thanksgiving-523690be1f72b90b2a9e0676794f829d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">waited nervously<\/a> to learn if their flights would take off as scheduled. Airlines also planned cancellations into the weekend, directing passengers to <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/airlines-passengers-flights-canceled-information-e8ae9a6a132a081d28f71cab8c54cec1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">check apps to learn their flight status<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/faa-government-shutdown-flight-cuts-airports-list-a11237fe6d6e14bed0935930dffed72e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">40 airports<\/a> selected by the FAA <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shutdown-reduced-flights-what-to-know-a7feaf54f65567d180ae5a232cb0bcb4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">span more than two dozen states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA said the reductions would start at 4% and ramp up to 10% by Nov. 14. They are to be in effect between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. and impact all commercial airlines.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said the cutbacks are necessary to relieve pressure on air traffic controllers who\u2019ve been working without pay for more than a month. Many are pulling six-day work weeks with mandatory overtime, and increasing numbers of them have begun calling out as the financial strain and exhaustion mount.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the latest:<\/p>\n<p>Why beef prices have climbed<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a matter of shorter supplies and higher demand.<\/p>\n<p>Drought and years of low prices have led to the smallest herd size in decades, and Trump\u2019s tariffs on Brazil, a major beef exporter, haven\u2019t helped either.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time there\u2019s high demand, according to Glynn Tonsor, who leads the Meat Demand Monitor at Kansas State University. Tonsor said the ownership mix in the meat packing industry hasn\u2019t changed significantly in the past four years.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma State agricultural economist Derrell Peel said there\u2019s no evidence to support claims that big packers have undue market power and use it to drive up beef prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe packing industry in this country has been investigated and researched for 50 years, and it\u2019s been an issue for over a hundred years, at least, for some producers,\u201d Peel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the outcome is to break up the big packers, the outcome will be higher beef prices for consumers and lower cattle prices for producers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>New York AG Letitia James calls mortgage fraud case against her vindictive and seeks dismissal<\/p>\n<p>Her motion, which had been expected, lays out a litany of comments from Trump designed to show the case was driven by personal animus that arose out of James\u2019 lawsuit against the president and his companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis lawsuit, and AG James\u2019 outspoken criticism of the President, triggered six years of targeted attacks. President Trump and his allies have used every insulting term in their vocabulary to deride AG James and call for criminal penalties in retaliation for the exercise of her rights and fulfillment of her statutory duties to fulfill her obligations as New York state\u2019s attorney general,\u201d lawyers for James wrote in urging that the case be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Name-calling included epithets like \u201ccrooked,\u201d \u201cscum,\u201d \u201ca monster,\u201d and \u201ccriminal,\u201d according to the filing.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have accused James of lying on mortgage papers to get favorable loan terms when purchasing a house in Norfolk, Virginia, where she has family.<\/p>\n<p>Trump administration turns to Supreme Court to block order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments<\/p>\n<p>An appeals court declined Friday to suspend any court orders requiring the administration 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.<\/p>\n<p>Soon afterward the administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up its request.<\/p>\n<p>Appeals court leaves order in place requiring government to provide full SNAP payments for November<\/p>\n<p>The judge gave the Trump administration until Friday to make the payments through <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-food-lines-snap-6b55e2c21c0198f3309f3a45a55f33b6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n<p>The food program serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.<\/p>\n<p>The court filing came even as the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a memo to states that it is working to make funds available Friday for full monthly SNAP benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in at least a half-dozen states confirmed that some SNAP recipients already were issued full November payments Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Slight impacts\u2019 seen for the US Postal Service due to flight cuts<\/p>\n<p>While the USPS relies mainly on ground transportation, the agency does contract with private air cargo and passenger airlines to move some mail.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Frum, senior public relations representative for the Postal Service, said Friday that there may be \u201cslight impacts to mail transportation due to the recent capacity cuts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frum added: \u201cWe are working closely with our air partners to monitor the situation and are able to adjust transportation schedules as needed.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>FACT FOCUS: Is the cause of the government shutdown that Democrats wanted to give free health care to immigrants in US illegally?<\/p>\n<p>CLAIM: Democrats shut down the government because they want to give free health care to immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally.<\/p>\n<p>THE FACTS: This is false. Democrats say they are pushing for the inclusion of <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/congress-government-shutdown-trump-schumer-health-care-55d72ec2cdfd6b0c9f6dcc61696dbbc6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">key health care provisions<\/a> in the next congressional spending package. In particular, they are seeking an extension of tax credits that millions of Americans use to buy insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchange and a reversal of Medicaid cuts made in <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-big-bill-medicaid-cuts-snap-ed0d2c7c20b43c54265dbc9cb215b647\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the bill<\/a> Trump signed into law in July.<\/p>\n<p>However, immigrants in the U.S. illegally are not eligible for any federal health care programs, including insurance provided through the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in the Oval Office about <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/prescription-drug-costs-medicaid-pfizer-trump-8a8412352bbba708b3c0ee7dbe4ccefb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a deal with Pfizer<\/a> to lower drug prices, Trump predicted the shutdown and made the false claim: \u201dWe\u2019ll probably have a shutdown because one of the things they want to do is they want to give incredible Medicare, Cadillac, the Cadillac Medicare, to illegal immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans, including <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/1971202169870438560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vice President Vance<\/a> and <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1973354975179739597\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">House Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a>, have made similar claims.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate\u2019s Democratic leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer, <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/donald-trump-news-updates-10-1-2025#00000199-a02f-d8db-a1db-f16ff7c90000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rebutted these allegations<\/a>, calling them \u201ca lie, plain and simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 Read more about <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fact-check-government-shutdown-health-care-immigrant-11b3ec0066407a17b407bc8e43962fd9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the facts behind this viral claim here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump says US to boycott G20 in South Africa, repeating allegations about treatment of white farmers<\/p>\n<p>The president said Friday that no U.S. government officials would be attending this year\u2019s summit for heads of state from the globe\u2019s leading and emerging economies. He had already announced that he would not go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa,\u201d Trump said on his social media site. He cited \u201cabuses\u201d of Afrikaners, including violence and death as well as confiscation of land and farms.<\/p>\n<p>The administration has long accused South Africa of allowing minority white Afrikaner farmers to be persecuted and attacked. As it <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/refugees-admissions-cap-immigration-trump-administration-197a8ef1c9c219ce6167da4aba3f5a6e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">restricted the number of refugees<\/a> admitted annually to the U.S. to 7,500, the administration indicated that most will be white South Africans who it claimed faced discrimination and violence at home.<\/p>\n<p>But the government of South Africa has said it is surprised by the accusations because white people in the country generally have a much higher standard of living than Black residents, more than three decades after the end of apartheid.<\/p>\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has said he told Trump that information about alleged discrimination and persecution of Afrikaners is \u201ccompletely false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro lashes out at JD Vance over SNAP comments<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro was responding to Vance calling a court ruling requiring the restoration of SNAP benefits \u201cabsurd\u201d on Thursday. The vice president said: \u201cIn the midst of a shutdown, we can\u2019t have a federal court telling the president how he has to triage the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro called Vance \u201ca total phony\u201d and suggested that the vice president betrayed struggling Americans in Appalachia, where Shapiro said many get SNAP benefits. The governor noted that Vance rose to prominence through his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, about his youth in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe made millions of dollars on the backs of telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people who he likes to write about and claim as his own,\u201d Shapiro said.<\/p>\n<p>His sharp comments offer a preview of potential political contests to come. Shapiro, a Democrat, and Vance, a Republican, are seen as leading contenders for their parties\u2019 presidential nominations in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>US travelers scramble to adjust as airlines cut 1,000 flights because of shutdown<\/p>\n<p>Anxious travelers across the U.S. felt a bit of relief as airlines mostly stayed on schedule while gradually cutting flights because of the government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>At least 1,000 flights were called off on Friday to comply with the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s order to reduce service. Some passengers were forced make last-minute changes and rebook on different flights.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of nervousness remained, as more canceled flights are expected in the coming days. Airports in Chicago, Atlanta, Denver and Dallas led the way with the most disruptions, and long security lines added to travelers\u2019 woes.<\/p>\n<p>The upheaval will intensify the longer the shutdown lasts and could become chaotic if it extends into the Thanksgiving holiday, just weeks from now.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines customers should know by now if their weekend flight is canceled<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because the carrier has already identified the roughly 220 daily flights it will cut through Monday, Chief Operating Officer David Seymour told AP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to notify all of our customers if their flight is disrupted,\u201d he said, so if you haven\u2019t heard from the airline, then your flight is \u201cgoing to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seymour says the airline is now working on finalizing its reduced schedule for the remainder of next week, when it is expected to slowly increase the number of cancellations to reach the FAA\u2019s target of 10%.<\/p>\n<p>Former special counsel Jack Smith repeats his willingness to testify publicly<\/p>\n<p>Jack Smith is repeating his willingness to testify publicly about his investigations into President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter Friday to Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, lawyers for Smith say they have sought guidance and authorization from the Justice Department about his potential testimony.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s lawyers, Lanny Breuer and Peter Koski, say they look forward to Smith being able to appear at a public hearing \u201cso that the American people can hear the facts directly\u201d from him. They say public testimony is especially important \u201cgiven continued speculation and mischaracterizations\u201d about his work as special counsel.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation secretary says more flight cuts may be needed<\/p>\n<p>Sean Duffy said that every day the shutdown continues the situation with more controllers calling out of work may get worse.<\/p>\n<p>So additional flight cuts might be needed &#8212; particularly after controllers receive nothing on payday next Tuesday for the second time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this shutdown doesn\u2019t end relatively soon, the consequence of that is going to be more controllers don\u2019t come to work,\u201d Duffy said. \u201cAnd then we\u2019re going to have to continue to assess the pressure in the air space and make decisions that may again move us from 10% to 15%, maybe to 20. I don\u2019t want to see that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thune calls Schumer offer a \u2018nonstarter\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune has rejected Democratic leader Chuck Schumer\u2019s offer to reopen the government as part of a bill that also includes a one-year extension of health care subsides for coverage through the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think everybody who follows this knows that\u2019s a nonstarter,\u201d Thune said.<\/p>\n<p>Thune made the comments as he prepared to meet with Senate Republicans on the way forward for ending the government shutdown. He has insisted that health care talks occur after Congress has funded the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no way the Obamacare extension is the negotiation,\u201d Thune said. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re going to negotiate once the government opens up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some travelers opt for alternative methods to avoid flight disruptions<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Welle, 39, traveled 11 hours on the train to avoid flying to Washington D.C. from Cleveland, Ohio, for a work trip earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Welle, who helps develop cooperative small businesses, opted to fly back to save time, only to have two flights canceled: the first on Thursday night and then the second on the rebooked flight Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI realized that if I had just taken the train at the original time I would have been home sooner, more reliably,\u201d Welle said.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, American Airlines notified him of the changes before he left for the airport.<\/p>\n<p>But he said the experience is making him reconsider his honeymoon in Vietnam later this month &#8212; a trip that he and his partner have waited a year for. The pair rarely travels and afforded the trip through generous gifts from wedding guests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m concerned about what this new normal could mean,\u201d Welle said.<\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n says Trump will not punish Hungary for buying Russian energy, reducing impact of sanctions<\/p>\n<p>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n says his country has received an exemption from U.S. sanctions on Russian energy after a meeting in the White House with President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The allowance will keep Russian oil and gas flowing to Hungary in a sign of the close affinity between the two leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth: Boost U.S. arms exports<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he wants to increase the sale of American arms to equip U.S. allies while also boosting the military industrial base.<\/p>\n<p>In a more than hourlong speech to military leaders and top defense contractors Friday, Hegseth touted Trump\u2019s efforts to encourage U.S. allies to buy American defense technology. Hegseth said he wants to streamline regulations to encourage more sales, as a way to boost U.S. arms manufacturing while also equipping allies with the latest in military hardware and munitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump in securing deal after deal to bring cold, hard cash to American manufacturers,\u201d Hegseth said. \u201cBut our processes are too slow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump to attend Commanders-Lions game<\/p>\n<p>The president is headed to watch the Washington Commanders play the Detroit Lions this Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump will be there to honor U.S. veterans, who are scheduled to be honored at halftime. Veterans Day is Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff is just before 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. The Commanders play in Landover, Maryland, just outside Washington.<\/p>\n<p>DC Mayor Bowser is not the target of a DOJ investigation, AP source says<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department is scrutinizing a lobbyist tied to Mayor Muriel Bowser over a trip to Qatar, and not the mayor herself, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>The probe is looking into a trip she took to Qatar in 2023, according to the person, but the mayor has never been a target of that probe. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion about the investigation was prompted by a report in The New York Times that said Bowser was the target of the probe for payments made by Qatar to help cover the cost of the trip that she made there with four executive staff members.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the report at a press conference Friday, Bowser denied that she was under investigation. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in a statement Friday said the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayor Bowser is not under investigation, nor is she the target of any investigation,\u201d Pirro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alanna Durkin Richer and Gary Fields<\/p>\n<p>Schumer makes new offer to end shutdown<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic leader proposed a new approach bill that would fund the government at current levels and extend the health care subsidies for a year, all while negotiations get underway for a more substantial fix for skyrocketing insurance premiums and the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s find a path,\u201d Schumer said, as the shutdown crisis deepens.<\/p>\n<p>He proposed the senators could also establish a bipartisan commission to work more long-term on ways to make health care more affordable.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer said it\u2019s clear after so many failed votes, it\u2019s time to try something different.<\/p>\n<p>The ball is in the Republicans\u2019 court, he said. \u201cWe need Republicans to just say yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth announces \u2018transformation\u2019 of Pentagon procurement process<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon will overhaul its process for buying weapons to slash bureaucracy and ensure weapons and technology are delivered more quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to military leaders and top defense contractors Friday in Washington, Hegseth said he wants to streamline defense procurement rules to prioritize speed.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth began his remarks by quoting from a speech that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gave on the same topic many years ago. Hegseth said that shows that the changes he envisions are long overdue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor too long, our department has been hampered by a bureaucracy bogged down by burdensome and inefficient processes, paralyzed by impossible risk thresholds, and distracted by agendas that have nothing to do with warfighting,\u201d Hegseth said.<\/p>\n<p>Alleged plot against Israeli ambassador to Mexico thwarted, officials say<\/p>\n<p>Mexican authorities with assistance from the United States and Israeli intelligence agencies thwarted an alleged plot by Iran to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to Mexico, Israeli and U.S. officials said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The plot to kill Ambassador Einat Kranz Neiger is alleged to have been hatched at the end of last year and remained active through the middle of this year, when it was disrupted, the U.S. officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the intelligence, said the plot was \u201ccontained\u201d and does not pose a current threat.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s mission to the U.N. said it had no comment.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Foreign Ministry on Friday thanked Mexican security services for \u201cthwarting a terrorist network directed by Iran that sought to attack Israel\u2019s ambassador in Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mexico\u2019s Foreign Affairs and Security ministries didn\u2019t respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matthew Daly and David Klepper<\/p>\n<p>Trump ends joint appearance with Orban before the news media<\/p>\n<p>The president and Orban spent about 40 minutes making statements and answering questions from U.S. and Hungarian reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Trump spoke a few times about the continuing government shutdown but didn\u2019t mention the airline snarls or what the administration is doing to deliver food aid for the needy.<\/p>\n<p>He instead spoke a lot about why he\u2019s been pressuring Republican senators to change legislative rules so that most bills can pass with a minimum of 51 votes, instead of the 60 votes currently needed.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Orban are now meeting in private.<\/p>\n<p>Trump brags about Walmart\u2019s Thanksgiving prices<\/p>\n<p>When pressed about rising prices, the president has pointed to the cost of Walmart\u2019s all-inclusive Thanksgiving dinner, which costs less than last year.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s one problem with his example \u2014 the package includes less than before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re fake news,\u201d Trump said when a reporter pointed that out. He blamed inflation on former President Joe Biden and said Democrats\u2019 talk about affordability was \u201ca con job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did I not want to talk about it? I talk about it all the time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump complained that a reporter had asked about prices in a \u201cfake, disgusting manner,\u201d and he summoned his press secretary to criticize the press more. \u201cYou guys refuse to cover it,\u201d Karoline Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p>Thune expects to keep Senate in session over weekend<\/p>\n<p>The Senate majority leaders says he\u2019s taking the step as lawmakers struggle to end the country\u2019s longest government shutdown ever.<\/p>\n<p>He voiced frustration that negotiation appeared to have stumbled Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were trending in that direction. And then, yesterday, everything kind of, the wheels came off,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate has been scheduled to be out next week. He was asked about the optics of that as Americans deal with flight cancellations and other ramifications of the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens over the course of the next couple of days, but I would expect that we\u2019re going to be here for the weekend,\u201d Thune said.<\/p>\n<p>Thune says \u2018the time to act is now\u2019 to end the shutdown<\/p>\n<p>The Senate majority leader pleaded with his colleagues to \u201cend these weeks of misery\u201d as many Democrats have said they will continue to vote against reopening the government until Trump and Republican leaders negotiate with them on an extension of health care benefits.<\/p>\n<p>A small group of Democrats has been negotiating with Republicans on a deal that would end the shutdown with only an agreement for a future health care vote, instead of a guarantee that expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies would be expended.<\/p>\n<p>While most Senate Democrats wouldn\u2019t support that, Republicans only need five additional votes to fund the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time to act is now,\u201d Thune said in his opening remarks on the Senate floor Friday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Federal Aviation Administration \u2019s unprecedented order to scale back flights nationwide because of the record-long government shutdown&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":363416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[1613,8120,45319,176136,176135,176141,176137,69,176140,12104,152712,57,330,83,3462,88,101226,82,8121,176138,8133,176143,176139,1612,2222,15583,3463,8119,56925,50,6986,176142,15008,80,6673,16567,2241,121682,61,322,67,132,68,16815,93,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-363415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"category-us","9":"tag-central-america","10":"tag-charles-schumer","11":"tag-chuck-grassley","12":"tag-cyril-ramaphosa","13":"tag-david-klepper","14":"tag-david-seymour","15":"tag-donald-rumsfeld","16":"tag-donald-trump","17":"tag-einat-kranz-neiger","18":"tag-federal-aviation-administration","19":"tag-gary-fields","20":"tag-general-news","21":"tag-government-programs","22":"tag-iran","23":"tag-israel-government","24":"tag-jack-smith","25":"tag-jeanine-pirro","26":"tag-joe-biden","27":"tag-john-thune","28":"tag-jonathan-welle","29":"tag-karoline-leavitt","30":"tag-kim-frum","31":"tag-lanny-breuer","32":"tag-latin-america","33":"tag-mexico","34":"tag-mexico-government","35":"tag-mideast-wars","36":"tag-mike-johnson","37":"tag-muriel-bowser","38":"tag-news","39":"tag-pete-hegseth","40":"tag-peter-koski","41":"tag-pfizer-inc","42":"tag-politics","43":"tag-qatar","44":"tag-sean-duffy","45":"tag-south-africa","46":"tag-u-s-government-shutdown","47":"tag-u-s-news","48":"tag-u-s-republican-party","49":"tag-united-states","50":"tag-unitedstates","51":"tag-us","52":"tag-viktor-orban","53":"tag-washington-news","54":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}