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The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce flight capacity by 10% at 40 major airports across the country, officials announced during a press conference on Wednesday. The restrictions will go into effect Friday morning, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
The ruling followed a complaint by a church group that sued the Trump administration over paying the benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The government said earlier this week that it planned to pay out partial SNAP benefits, with delays of weeks to months.
The Trump administration will ground 10 per cent of flights across 40 major US airports unless a deal to end the federal government shutdown is reached.