Mass Flight Cancellations Begin – Will Government Shutdown End Soon?

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Plus: Outrage After ICE Arrests Teacher Inside Chicago Day Care As Kids Look On

Before we get to today’s headlines, here’s a glimpse of what’s ahead for all of us this weekend in our weekly ‘Cheers to the Freakin’ Weekend’ section.

What We’re Watching:

What We’re Reading:

What We’re Eating:

  • Mosh: Butternut squash soup, recipe from Alex Sall (@alsall)

  • Jill: Apple Crisp from (@fillingmeals) – check out Jill’s Instagram (@jillrwagner) for some of her tweaks 🍎

  • Claire: Mochi donuts from Win Son Bakery 🍡🍩

  • Sam: Homemade borscht ~Simply Recipes

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🚨 ONE IMPORTANT THING

Mass Flight Cancellations Begin — Reports From Airports Reveal Relative Calm

Nearly a thousand flights within, into, or out of the U.S. have been canceled as of Friday morning, as the FAA reduces operations at 40 major airports across the U.S. Reports on the ground (including from Mosheh, who went through two impacted airports today) reveal that early cancellations likely helped keep things calmer — though delays have left some people scrambling.

  • How it’s working: United Airlines officials are using a “cancel analyzer” tool to select flights to cancel that will be least impactful on customers by looking at load, connecting flights, and crew schedules.

It comes on day 38 of the government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the Senate would vote later Friday on the Shutdown Fairness Act, but Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats would only approve the measure if Republicans agree to extend health care tax credits for one year and come up with a plan to negotiate a longer term solution. Lawmakers are expected to continue working through the weekend on a deal.

Meanwhile, food assistance benefits continue to be stalled despite court orders, with major impacts on families across the U.S.

ON TSA
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said air traffic controller burnout is a major factor in reducing air traffic. Controllers have been calling out sick, while others work excessive overtime. Air traffic controllers have not been paid in weeks due to the record-long government shutdown, and some have had to pick up second jobs to pay the bills. Officials have said there are currently no safety concerns.

  • Duffy urged controllers to return to work, saying the system could stabilize if more do.

  • The FAA says flight operations will scale back 4% Friday, 6% by Nov. 11, and 10% by Nov. 14, potentially affecting thousands of daily flights from coast to coast. Airlines are required to issue full refunds to any customer whose flight is canceled, according to the Department of Transportation.

    • If you’re flying soon, check with your airline for flight status ahead of time.

FOOD AID CRISIS
The Trump Administration told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people afford groceries, complying with a federal court order issued Thursday. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are distributed to 1 in 8 Americans, who rely on an average of $187/month for groceries. It could still take days, or weeks, before people see money deposited into their accounts.

  • SNAP food stamps cost the federal government around $8 billion/month but have been impacted due to the government shutdown for the first time in its history.

    • The Trump admin claimed it could not legally use a $5 billion emergency fund to continue payments during the funding lapse, but two federal judges ruled last week that the government must tap into those funds to keep benefits flowing.

    • District Judge John McConnell Jr. of Rhode Island accused federal officials of defying his original order and disrupting the program “for political reasons” during Thursday’s hearing.

  • Real world impacts: “It breaks my heart because I’ve never had to tell my kids ‘no’ for food. They know when I get the food stamps, so they’re saying, ‘Mommy, your food money should be here.’ And I’m trying to explain to them, we’re not getting our food money right now,” 33-year-old Kaylee Greene from Monticello, New York, told NBC News.

    • Children make up nearly 40% of SNAP recipients. People over 60 and with disabilities make up another ~30%.

🚨 ONE THING THAT COULD IMPACT MILLIONS

ICE Arrest At Chicago Day Care Sparks Outrage As Latino Voters Move Away From Trump

A day care worker was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents inside a school in Chicago Wednesday morning as kids were arriving.

  • School officials at Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center said Diana Santillana, a Colombian immigrant, passed a background check and had authorization to work. She has a pending asylum case. Despite this, she remains in ICE custody.

    • Her temporary work permit allows her to work legally while her asylum case is pending, but it does not grant legal status or protect against deportation.

    • She was described as “always willing to go above and beyond,” known for dressing in silly hats and costumes to entertain the children.

It comes as the Trump administration ramps up its deportation crackdown, targeting Latino communities across the U.S. The Supreme Court ruled in September that federal officials can stop individuals they suspect of being undocumented immigrants based on race and other factors.

The rapid expansion of enforcement power — and reports of U.S. citizens being mistakenly detained — has fueled backlash in Latino communities and appeared to impact Tuesday’s elections.

ON THE ARREST
After Santillana’s arrest, parents started a GoFundMe that has raised over $130,000 to support her legal fees and two children.

  • “We are full of sadness, but we are also filled with rage,” attorney Tara Goodarzi said Wednesday, as she and other parents of students from the school protested the arrest. “Diana was targeted, stolen on her way to care for our children by armed intruders from a private business without a warrant. They did this during school hours when children were present. These agents care little for the safety of our children.”

  • ICE responded that law enforcement “did NOT target a daycare and were only at this location because the female illegal alien fled inside,” claiming agents had first attempted to stop a vehicle Santillana was in.

    • The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alleges she paid to have her teenage children brought into the country illegally.

Attorneys in the Mo News community weigh in on the legality:

On the ground, some Latinos are now carrying their passports to prove their citizenship status, as some states issue driver’s licenses to undocumented migrants.

  • Exit polls show that Latino voters in New Jersey, Virginia, California, and New York City said Trump’s immigration enforcement has gone too far: Roughly 6 in 10 said they’re dissatisfied with the country’s direction, and about 4 in 10 said their vote for Democrats was to oppose Trump. In New Jersey, 18% of Latinos who backed Trump last year voted for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate — a sign that Trump’s support in the Latino community, which grew ahead of 2024, is fading.

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Supreme Court considers Kim Davis petition to overturn same-sex marriage ruling (ABC)

  • Republican US Rep. Elise Stefanik is running for governor of New York (AP)

  • Cornell reaches $60 million deal with Trump administration to restore funding (NBC)

  • ADL explains its Mamdani Monitor initiative: ‘Never had a candidate like this before’ (NPR)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Released Israeli hostage says he was sexually assaulted in Gaza captivity (BBC)

  • Andrew Mountbatten Windsor officially no longer a prince after king formally removes his title (AP)

  • Multiple explosions shake a mosque in an Indonesian high school and injure 55 (ABC)

  • Anti-Israel activists release smoke bombs, set chair on fire during Israeli Philharmonic concert in Paris (MO NEWS)

  • North Korea fires ballistic missile days after Hegseth wraps South Korea visit (FOX)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Boeing won’t face criminal charge over 737 Max crashes that killed hundreds of people (AP)

  • Wendy’s is closing hundreds of U.S. restaurants as part of its turnaround plan (CNN)

  • Apple releases iOS 26.1 with major security improvements and new features for iPhone users (FOX)

  • Northern lights may be visible in 10 US states tonight (SPACE)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Kendrick Lamar leads 2026 Grammy nominations, followed by Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff and Cirkut (AP)

  • World’s tallest teen (7’9’’) also becomes the tallest college basketball player ever (NBC)

  • Sadie Sink, Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour attend final ‘Stranger Things’ premiere (USA TODAY)

  • Lee Tamahori, director of ‘Once Were Warriors’ and ‘Die Another Day,’ dies at 75 (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

ICYMI FROM THE 📲

In case you missed it… Actress Sydney Sweeney dismissed online backlash against her American Eagle “Good Jeans” advertisement in a new interview with GQ. ”I did a jeans ad,” Sweeney told GQ reporter Katherine Stoeffel. “I’m literally in jeans and a t-shirt every day of my life.”

  • Rewind: In one of the campaign’s video ads, Sweeney discusses how genes are passed down from parents to “offspring” and said, “my genes are blue” — with critics accusing the brand of promoting eugenics and white supremacy.

The 28-year-old ‘Euphoria’ star went on to avoid Stoeffel’s questions about whether it was inappropriate for a white person to joke about genetic superiority. “I think when I have an issue I want to speak about, people will hear,” Sweeney said.

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