Suburban students injured when school buses crash in Chicago

More than 790 planned Friday flights were cut from airline schedules as the longest shutdown on record continues with no end in sight.

What to Know

• U.S. airlines began canceling hundreds of flights due to the FAA’s order to reduce air traffic at the country’s busiest airports because of the government shutdown.
• Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court today to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits.
• Senate Republicans are moving to try to end the government shutdown by preparing a new bipartisan package of spending bills along with a promise to hold a vote on extending health care subsidies.
• President Donald Trump is meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House today. The two are expected to discuss trade and energy, among other topics.
• Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik announced she is running for governor of New York. Trump nominated Stefanik, a six-term congresswoman, for U.N. ambassador before pulling her nomination amid concerns about the slim GOP majority in the House.

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