We are mere weeks from the incredibly busy holiday travel season and the longest U.S. government shutdown in history shows no signs of ending. And now, starting on November 7, the Federal Aviation Administration will cancel 10% of flights at 40 major airports.

The current shutdown started on September 30 and has already beat the last longest shutdown ever that occurred during Trump's first administration. At that time, pressure over air travel disruptions and elsewhere forced the government to reach a compromise.

This time, it appears there will be no compromise anytime soon. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announcedd on Wednesday (Nov. 6) that he would order the cut, citing air traffic control safety concerns. Air traffic controllers are federal employees; as such, they have no

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