What the government shutdown could mean for your next flight

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<p>Flight delays are starting to pile up as air-traffic controllers call off sick during the shutdown. <a href="https://apple.news/AQDnc1cvARCOJ6jc_WBsJ6g">CNN</a> correspondent Pete Muntean joins to discuss.</p> <p>The Supreme Court heard a challenge to a law banning the use of “conversion therapy.” <a href="https://apple.news/AvN7JINXHTCiMUk3dewpk7Q">ABC News</a> reports that the justices seem poised to strike such bans down.</p> <p>The Trump administration approved a new generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone. Natalie Allison, White House reporter for the <a href="https://apple.news/AuKbQ5CLsSRe-seNkM5T7Ig">Washington Post</a>, talks about how the decision has been met with sharp criticism from members of the anti-abortion movement.</p> <p>Plus, Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://apple.news/A6q534lX7QpiBUWahqbPm4Q">sparred</a> with Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill, Denmark became the latest country to announce a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/07/danish-pm-plans-to-ban-social-media-for-under-15s-warning-it-is-stealing-childhood">social-media ban</a> for kids, and how an off-the-grid scientist learned he had <a href="https://apple.news/ABjcGNZqZRwWgxZRlD5a6uA">won</a> a Nobel Prize.</p> <p>Today&rsquo;s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.</p>