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There’s no timeline on when flight cuts will ease up after the government shutdown ends

By RIO YAMAT, JOSH FUNK and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Airlines have canceled more than 9,000 flights across the U.S. since the Federal Aviation Administration ordered flight cuts last week to ease demand on control towers, which are short-staffed during the federal government shutdown. Although the government appears set to reopen in the coming days,

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Shutdown leaves a mark on an already-struggling economy, from lost paychecks to canceled flights

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be nearing an end, but not without leaving a mark on an already-struggling economy. About 1.25 million federal workers haven’t been paid since Oct. 1. Thousands of flights have been canceled, a trend that is expected

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UN shipping regulator advocates for industry emissions fee at COP30, despite Trump pushback

By ANTON L. DELGADO and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — The head of the International Maritime Organization said Monday he’s continuing to “advocate and campaign” for global regulations to move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels, despite the United States and Saudi Arabia blocking new rules last month. IMO Secretary-General Arsenio

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Shutdown proposal pits Democrats’ moderates and progressives against centrist Senate dealmakers

By BILL BARROW and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press The deal cut by some Senate Democrats to reopen government has refueled the party’s tussle over strategy and identity just days after sweeping election victories had raised hopes that the left’s disparate factions were pulling in the same direction heading into the 2026 midterms. Democrats’ latest fault

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A look at prominent people pardoned by Trump after they tried to overturn his 2020 election loss

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The pardons of dozens of Republicans accused of participating in efforts to overturn the 2020 election are a continuation of President Donald Trump’s attempts to rewrite the history about his election loss. They come months after Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all

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