America's flight-mare begins as more than 700 departures ALREADY canceled across US and Trump steps in to end the shutdown
Air Travel,Air Traffic Controllers,Government Shutdown
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Airports across the United States started cutting back on thousands of flights early Friday after the record-long government shutdown caused staffing shortages.
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