Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
The federal government shutdown is now 37 days old and it is affecting air traffic.
The Federal Aviation Administration says starting tomorrow it's going to reduce air traffic by 10% in the 40 busiest markets.
FAA Administrator Brian Bedford.
We have decided that a 10% reduction in scheduled capacity would be appropriate to,
again, continue to take the pressure off of our controllers.
And as we continue to see staffing triggers,
there will be additional measures that will be taken in those specific markets.
The shutdown is also cutting into federal food assistance.
The Trump administration says it will pay out half the amount of people's typically monthly benefit during November.
But a new study says most eligible people will likely get less than that.
And millions of recipients won't get anything at all.
President Trump says this week's poor election results for Republicans are due to the shutdown.
He wants GOP senators to get rid of the chamber's filibuster to end the shutdown.
That Senate rule requires 60 votes to pass most legislation.
GOP Senators oppose this.
Main Democratic Congressman Jared Golden says he is abandoning his reelection bid.
He's pointing to hyperpartisanship and a dysfunctional Congress.
Steve Misler of Member Station, Maine Public, has more.
Golden made the announcement in a column published in the Bangor Daily News in which he lamented the increasing hostility in the nation's politics and threats against him and his family.