FAA Cuts Flights, SNAP Ruling, Trump Focused Abroad

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The FAA directs airlines to cut flights by ten percent as the government shutdown strains the nation’s air traffic system. A federal judge orders the Trump administration to fully restore SNAP food benefits by today, blasting it for ignoring the harm to millions of Americans who rely on them. And President Trump hosts Hungary’s Viktor Orbán at the White House, while some of his allies say he should be paying more attention to the economy at home.<em><br/><br/>Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a> to the Up First newsletter.<br></em><p class="readrate" data-rr="17" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Russell Lewis, Catherine Laidlaw, Dana Farrington, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Alice Woelfle.<p class="readrate" data-rr="17"><p class="readrate" data-rr="17">It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Lindsay Totty. <p class="readrate" data-rr="17"><p class="readrate" data-rr="17">We get engineering support from David Greenburg. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.<p class="readrate" data-rr="17"><p class="readrate" data-rr="17">Our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>