Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.
The government shutdown is over but aviation experts say it'll likely take some time before air travel in the U.S.
is closer to normal.
Flight delays and cancellations are expected to continue until the nation's roughly 14,000 air traffic controllers are back in place.
They've spent weeks working without pay.
The number of domestic flights at 40 major airports continues to be reduced by 6%.
The Justice Department is joining a lawsuit that seeks to overturn California's new congressional maps,
which favor Democrats.
Guy Marzerati with Member Station KQED says the DOJ took the step after voters in the state approved Proposition 50 in response to lawmakers in Texas and other states redrawing their congressional districts in an effort to help Republicans.
The Trump administration is teaming up with the California Republican Party to ask a federal judge to block the new congressional map from taking effect.
They argue the Proposition 50 district lines were drawn to unfairly benefit Latino voters,
violating the equal protection and voting rights of other Californians.
Governor Gavin Newsom frames Prop 50 as an effort to counter moves by Republicans in Texas,
Missouri, North Carolina, and possibly others.
Democrats in Virginia have also countered and other states are considering it.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Newsom says Republicans, quote,
lost at the ballot box and soon they will also lose in court.
For NPR News, I'm Guy Marzarati in San Francisco.
Crews in California are battling a fast-moving wildfire that's burning near the Nevada border.
The fire has prompted evacuations and damaged more than a dozen structures in Mono County.