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Trump news at a glance: administration reduces US flights as shutdown stretches on

An Alaska Airlines commercial airliner takes-off from Los Angeles International Airport on 6 November.
An Alaska Airlines commercial airliner takes-off from Los Angeles International Airport on 6 November. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

As the record-breaking federal government shutdown stretches toward day 38, US airspace is about to get a little less busy. The same cannot be said for US airports.

Donald Trump’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said flights are being reduced to maintain air traffic control safety during the federal government shutdown, now the longest recorded and with no sign of a resolution between Republicans and Democrats to end the federal budget standoff.

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