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We examined falsehoods about SNAP eligibility and costs and the number of unauthorized immigrants receiving benefits. Read full article

The Federal Aviation Administration has required airlines to cut flights to reduce the strain on air traffic controllers, who have gone weeks without a paycheck. Read full article

About 3 percent of Friday’s flights were canceled because of the government shutdown. The percentage could rise to 20 percent as the holidays approach. Read full article

The former president, now a far less popular figure in his party, appeared in Nebraska for an overtly political speech that slammed his successor. Read full article

As Ms. Pelosi announced her retirement, she was celebrated for her long tenure in Washington. But back home, she was remembered for showing up at a terrifying moment when others turned away. Read full article

With her temporary block expiring, Judge Karin Immergut said the Trump administration had failed to prove that protesters against the federal immigration crackdown were hampering President Trump’s policies. Read full article

But a cockpit voice recorder picked up a ringing sound during takeoff that may have signaled looming disaster in the crash that killed at least 13 in Louisville, Ky. Read full article

A fight brewing in Massachusetts could preview Democrats’ age battles. Read full article

The email accounts of furloughed government workers had been commandeered to send partisan attacks against Democrats, a move that the ruling said had “added insult to injury.” Read full article

The argument came in a motion seeking to dismiss the case against her, citing a laundry list of statements President Trump has made about New York’s attorney general over the past six years. Read full article