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Happy Friday! What a beautiful fall day it is. ☀️

In today's issue:

• Flight cancellations begin

• Senate tees up 15th shutdown vote

• Stefanik runs for governor

• Suspicious package makes 7+ ill

• What Trump privately says about Mamdani

• White House guest faints

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⛔ GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

Airport bars are going to have a busy weekend:

It’s Day 38 of the government shutdown.

More than 1,000 flights across the country have been canceled today as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) deals with air traffic controller staffing shortages amid the government shutdown.

Starting today, the Department of Transportation has begun to cut 4 percent of flights, even

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