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Hosted at the Carmelitos Community Center, the \u201cCharge Up Carmelitos!\u201d event featured remarks from both public- and private-sector partners. Ten of the new chargers will serve Carmelitos residents and are accessible to the public, while the remaining 10 chargers are designated for LACDA fleet operations, all supporting a broader clean transportation initiative on site. Additional projects include DC Fast charging for a community shuttle and a solar carport capable of powering EV charging.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s event is a powerful example of public\u2013private partnership delivering real, local benefits. Working with LA County ISD and LACDA, we\u2019re making EV charging more reliable and accessible for residents and the community at large \u2014 while building the scalable infrastructure needed to meet the County\u2019s clean transportation goals,\u201d said Raphael Declercq, CEO of PowerFlex.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the County\u2019s energy lead department, our role is to ensure that our decarbonization strategy is deeply rooted in social equity. The Carmelitos project site represents more than just an EV charging deployment; it symbolizes the County\u2019s commitment to prioritizing sustainable infrastructure in historically underserved communities. This project, driven by a strong multi-agency partnership, paves the way for a more accessible future for the County,\u201d said Michael Owh, Director of the County of Los Angeles Internal Services Department.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe successful execution of this project is a testament to the powerful collaboration between ISD, LACDA, PowerFlex and the William C. Velasquez Institute. By deploying affordable electric vehicle technology, we are directly advancing the County\u2019s goal of facilitating the transition to cleaner transportation for all residents. This community-centered initiative serves as a scalable blueprint for expanding sustainable mobility throughout the County,\u201d said Minh Le, General Manager of the County of Los Angeles Internal Services Department Energy and Environmental Service.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe LACDA has made a deliberate commitment to integrating sustainability features into its infrastructure improvements, including the installation of solar panels at several public housing sites. Today, we are proud to celebrate this new partnership that brings EV charging stations to Carmelitos, which will advance access to sustainable transportation not only for our residents but for the community as well,\u201d said Emilio Salas, LACDA Executive Director.<\/p>\n
Built with PowerFlex technology and supported by Southern California Electric\u2019s Charge Ready program, the Carmelitos chargers highlight how coordinated investment, community-focused design, and innovative partners can achieve near-term emissions reductions and long-term resilience. ISD and LACDA are working together on additional projects at other sites to further expand access to affordable, reliable EV charging for residents.<\/p>\n
About PowerFlex<\/p>\n
PowerFlex is a clean technology solutions company making the transformation to carbon-free electrification and transportation possible. Our adaptive energy optimization platform PowerFlex X\u2122 monitors, controls, and co-optimizes onsite assets like EV chargers, solar, energy storage, and microgrids \u2014 reducing overall energy costs through patented algorithms that maximize distributed energy resources.<\/p>\n
PowerFlex is the second-largest installer of commercial solar in the United States, with over 500 megawatts (MW) of total solar capacity plus 50+ megawatt-hours (MWh) of battery energy storage. Combined, our solar and energy storage projects offset 460,000 metric tons of CO 2 each year. We also manage more than 50,000 EV chargers nationwide, making us the second-largest EV charging provider in the U.S. in terms of Level 2 port management.<\/p>\n
PowerFlex is backed by EDF power solutions and Manulife Investments.<\/p>\n
Visit powerflex.com for more information and connect with us on LinkedIn and YouTube.<\/p>\n
About LA County Internal Services Department<\/p>\n
The Internal Services Department (ISD) is a general services organization that supports the County of Los Angeles by providing a range of support services to other County departments in the areas of purchasing, contracting, facilities, information technology, and other support services, such as energy and environmental (EES) programs management, parking, and mail services. ISD administers high-impact public programs, including SoCalRen, Electrifyze (which promotes Electric Vehicle adoption), and EBD Program. ISD has also been designated by the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors as the lead department for residential broadband service and digital equity initiatives. For more information on ISD, visit isd.lacounty.gov.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n LA County ISD Fleet vehicle using new EV chargers at Carmelitos Community Center in Long Beach, CA<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Newly installed public and private EV chargers in Carmelitos Community Center<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Carmelitos Community members engage with PowerFlex employees at Carmelitos Charge Up! event<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Teams from LA County ISD, LACDA, SCE and PowerFlex cut the ribbon at the Carmelitos Charge Up! event.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November.<\/p>\n The ruling by U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. on Thursday was in response to a challenge from cities and nonprofits complaining that the administration was only offering to cover 65% of the maximum benefit. The government said it will rely on $4.65 billion in emergency funding.<\/p>\n \u201cThe defendants failed to consider the practical consequences associated with this decision to only partially fund SNAP,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cThey knew that there would be a long delay in paying partial Snap payments and failed to consider the harms individual who rely on those benefits would suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n The Trump administration said last month that it would not pay benefits at all for November because of the federal shutdown. Last week, two judges ordered the government to pay at least partial benefits using an emergency fund. It initially said it would cover half, but then said it would cover 65%.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it would reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 \u201chigh-volume\u201d markets \u2014 including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago \u2014 to maintain travel safety as air traffic controllers exhibit signs of strain during the ongoing government shutdown. See which airports will be affected.<\/p>\n Here’s the latest:<\/p>\n Leaders of five Central Asian countries have arrived at the White House for a working dinner with Trump as he steps up his hunt for rare earth minerals.<\/p>\n Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdymukhamedov, Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov, Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon all arrived separately, with a military Honor Guard on the driveway to greet each.<\/p>\n The evening summit and dinner follows Trump managing at least a temporary thaw with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on differences between the United States and China over the export of rare earth elements.<\/p>\n The elements are needed in the manufacturing of devices like smartphones, electric vehicles and fighter jets, and Trump has looked to increase U.S. supplies of them.<\/p>\n U.S. airlines began canceling flights nationwide Thursday due to the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s order to reduce traffic at the country\u2019s busiest airports starting Friday because of the government shutdown.<\/p>\n Hundreds of flights scheduled for Friday were already cut at some of the 40 busiest airports, and the number of cancellations climbed throughout Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n At least 445 flights have already been canceled on Friday, according to www.FlightAware.com. That\u2019s more than four times higher than the number of flights cancelled Thursday.<\/p>\n \u25b6 Read more about flight cancellations<\/p>\n A judge Thursday ordered President Trump\u2019s administration to fully fund SNAP for November, three days after the government said it would only partially pay for the food aid program used by 1 in 8 Americans.<\/p>\n Judge John J. McConnell Jr. in Providence, Rhode Island, ruled that it must provide the money by Friday in response to a coalition of cities and nonprofit groups. The judge was one of two who said last week that the government couldn\u2019t pause the program entirely this month because of the government shutdown.<\/p>\n \u201cThe defendants failed to consider the practical consequences associated with this decision to only partially fund SNAP,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cThey knew that there would be a long delay in paying partial Snap payments and failed to consider the harms individuals who rely on those benefits would suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n \u25b6 Read more about SNAP benefits<\/p>\n Tax law experts are criticizing the IRS\u2019 decision not to provide Direct File software to taxpayers for the 2026 filing season.<\/p>\n NYU Tax Law Center Senior Fellow Greg Leiserson said the decision \u201cwill deprive taxpayers of a free and easy-to-use tax filing option, making the tax filing process more expensive and unnecessarily burdensome.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe IRS has clear legal authority for the program, and providing such a service is a fundamental responsibility of tax administration in the present day.\u201d<\/p>\n The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump\u2019s administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity.<\/p>\n The decision by the high court\u2019s conservative majority is Trump\u2019s latest win on the high court\u2019s emergency docket, and it means his administration can enforce the policy while a lawsuit over it plays out. It halts a lower-court order requiring the government to keep letting people choose male, female or X on their passport to line up with their gender identity on new or renewed passports.<\/p>\n The State Department changed its passport rules after Trump, a Republican, handed down an executive order in January declaring the United States would \u201crecognize two sexes, male and female,\u201d based on birth certificates and \u201cbiological classification.\u201d<\/p>\n \u25b6 Read more about passport sex markers<\/p>\n A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump\u2019s law enforcement surge in Washington was found not guilty of assault on Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention.<\/p>\n A viral video of the sandwich tossing made Sean Charles Dunn a symbol of resistance to Trump\u2019s deployment of federal agents to combat crime in the nation\u2019s capital. His misdemeanor acquittal is another setback for prosecutors, who have faced a backlash for how they have handled criminal cases resulting from the law enforcement surge.<\/p>\n There was no dispute over whether Dunn threw the sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent on the night of Aug. 10. But his lawyers argued it was a \u201charmless gesture\u201d during an act of protest protected by the First Amendment.<\/p>\n Prosecutors said Dunn knew he didn\u2019t have a right to throw the sandwich at the agent.<\/p>\n \u25b6 Read more about sandwich-throwing man<\/p>\n Asked about the high court hearing arguments on his tariff policy, Trump said \u201cwe did very well yesterday.\u201d He added, however, that a decision against tariffs would be \u201cdevastating for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut I also think that we\u2019ll have to develop a game two plan\u201d Trump continued \u201cand we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n Those comments came a day after his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, was asked if the administration had a Plan B should it lose at the Supreme Court and demurred, saying only, \u201cWe\u2019re not going to discuss that now.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked during his Oval Office event whether he believes it\u2019s safe to fly, Trump said, \u201cNo I\u2019m not concerned about it. It\u2019s a fair question.\u201d<\/p>\n U.S. airports in more than two dozen states are among those facing 10% reductions in air traffic Friday due to the government shutdown.<\/p>\n The Federal Aviation Administration is imposing the reductions to take pressure off air traffic controllers, who are federal employees and have gone without pay during the shutdown.<\/p>\n \u201cThey want to make sure it\u2019s 100%,\u201d Trump said of the move. \u201cThat\u2019s why they\u2019re doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday that \u201cobesity is a disease of poverty,\u201d but while rates of the chronic disease tend to be higher in people with the lowest incomes, that\u2019s not always true.<\/p>\n About 44% of U.S. adults with the lowest incomes have obesity, compared with about 47% of those with middle incomes and about 39% of those with the highest incomes, according to 2017-2020 data collected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n Among women, about 48% of those in the lowest income category, below 130% of the federal poverty level, had obesity, compared with about 49% of those with middle incomes and 35% of those with the highest incomes.<\/p>\n Among men, those with the lowest incomes, below 130% of the federal poverty level, had the lowest obesity rates of 37%, compared with about 44% of men with middle incomes and 42% of men in the highest income category.<\/p>\n The unidentified man who fainted did not return to the Oval Office.<\/p>\n Trump said the gentleman was feeling lightheaded but is OK now.<\/p>\n The White House has not identified him.<\/p>\n Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords between Israel and Arab and Muslim majority countries in a symbolic move aimed at boosting the initiative that was a hallmark of President Donald Trump\u2019s first administration, according to three U.S. officials.<\/p>\n The move is largely symbolic as Kazakhstan has had diplomatic relations with Israel since 1992 and is much further geographically from Israel than the other Abraham Accord nations \u2013 Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates. Those countries agreed to normalize relations with Israel as a result, something Kazakhstan has done since the collapse of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n The U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of the formal announcement, said Trump would announce the step at a summit he is hosting later Thursday with the leaders of the five Central Asian nations, including Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n \u2014 Matthew V. Lee and Aamer Madhani<\/p>\n A few minutes after the event was abruptly ended, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt released a statement saying that \u201ca representative with one of the companies fainted\u201d but that \u201cThe White House Medical Unit quickly jumped into action, and the gentleman is okay.\u201d<\/p>\n She didn\u2019t identify the man, but said the drug price event would resume shortly.<\/p>\n It had featured executives from drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.<\/p>\n A judge said Thursday she will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against peaceful protesters and media, saying current practices violate their constitutional rights.<\/p>\n The preliminary injunction came in response to a lawsuit alleging federal agents have used excessive force in their immigration crackdown in the Chicago area.<\/p>\n U.S District Judge Sara Ellis \u2019s ruling, which is expected to be appealed by President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, refines an earlier temporary order that required agents to wear badges and banned them from using certain riot-control techniques, such as tear gas, against peaceful protesters and journalists. After repeatedly chastising federal officials for not following her previous orders, she added a requirement for body cameras.<\/p>\n Ellis began Thursday\u2019s hearing by describing Chicago as a \u201cvibrant place\u201d and reading from poet Carl Sandburg\u2019s famous poem about the city. <\/p>\n Ellis said it is \u201csimply untrue\u201d that the Chicago area is a violent place of rioters.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t find defendants\u2019 version of events credible,\u201d Ellis said.<\/p>\n \u25b6 Read more about federal agents in Chicago<\/p>\n The president\u2019s drug price announcement ended abruptly when a man standing near Trump in the Oval Office collapsed.<\/p>\n Officials rushed to help the man after his collapse, and the press was quickly removed. It was unclear what caused the collapse or who the man was.<\/p>\n Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. had previously expressed skepticism to GLP-1s in fighting obesity and drugs diseases related to the condition.<\/p>\n But Kennedy was full of for praise of Trump for pushing to help a broader segment of Americans have access to the drug.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not a panacea, it\u2019s not a silver bullet,\u201d Kennedy noted.<\/p>\n He added, \u201cTrump is the friend of the forgotten American. Obesity is a disease of poverty. And overwhelmingly these drugs have only been available for people who have wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n Introducing the officials who joined him for the announcement in the Oval Office, Trump asked or commented on who has or hasn\u2019t used any of the weight-loss medications he calls the \u201cfat drug.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDo you take any of this stuff, Howard?\u201d Trump asked Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. \u201cNot yet,\u201d Lutnick replied.<\/p>\n \u201cHe doesn\u2019t take it,\u201d Trump said when he got to Dr. Mehmet Oz, director of Medicare and Medicaid services.<\/p>\n Trump introduced a few others before he asked for \u201cSteve,\u201d referring to him as \u201chead of public relations for the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s taking it,\u201d the president said of Steven Cheung, who is the White House director of communications.<\/p>\n Trump has unveiled a deal with drug makers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to expand coverage and reduce prices for their popular obesity treatments Zepbound and Wegovy.<\/p>\n The drugs are part of a new generation of obesity medications known as GLP-1 receptor agonists that have soared in popularity in recent years.<\/p>\n But access to the drugs has been a consistent problem for patients because of their cost, and insurance coverage has been spotty.<\/p>\n Former president Barack Obama said \u201cNo one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed \u2014 and I will always be grateful for her support of the Affordable Care Act.\u201d<\/p>\n In a post he said, \u201cShe made us proud to be Democrats, and will go down in history as one of the best speakers the House of Representatives has ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n Jeffries wants information about the Trump administration\u2019s layoffs and Federal Aviation Administration changes and that have been underway even before the shutdown.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need a full and complete briefing so we can understand from the administration what the current status is, what the impact of administration layoffs have been, prior to the Trump Republican shutdown,\u201d Jeffries of New York said during a press conference at the Capitol.<\/p>\n He said the administration \u201chas been going after the FAA since the beginning of their time in office, since January 20th, and we need to understand how we got to this moment, separate and apart from the Trump Republican shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n The Trump administration is lifting a four-year-old arms embargo on Cambodia that had been imposed over the country\u2019s increasing military ties and partnership with China after Cambodia and Thailand agreed to a truce in their border conflict last month.<\/p>\n The move will take effect Friday after the formal publication of an official notice in the Federal Register, according to an announcement made Thursday. It had been previewed by various U.S. officials in late October following the signing of an agreement between the Thai and Cambodian prime ministers at a summit in Malaysia that President Trump witnessed.<\/p>\n The State Department said Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed off on the step \u201cbased on Cambodia\u2019s diligent pursuit of peace and security, including through renewed engagement with the United States on defense cooperation and combating transnational crime.\u201d It means that arms sales requests from Cambodia will now be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and not automatically be subject to denial. It will also lift restrictions on third countries providing Cambodia with U.S. weapons.<\/p>\n House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he would not guarantee Democrats a vote on extending enhanced tax credits for those with coverage through the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n Senate Majority Leader John Thune has offered Democrats such a vote as part of the way out of the government shutdown.<\/p>\n Asked whether he would do the same, Johnson said the House had already done its job in passing a short-term funding patch.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not promising anybody anything,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n Johnson also rejected the idea that congressional leaders get together and negotiate a compromise on extending the enhanced tax credits that make coverage more affordable.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not taking four corners, four leaders in a back room and making a deal and hoisting it upon the American people,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI\u2019m not going to be a part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n They include airports in Atlanta, Denver, Dallas, Orlando, Miami, and San Francisco.<\/p>\n In some of the biggest cities \u2014 such as New York, Houston and Chicago \u2014 multiple airports will be affected.<\/p>\n The U.S. on Thursday sanctioned three men from Lebanon and Syria for allegedly helping to funnel tens of millions of dollars from Iran to the militant Lebanese group Hezbollah.<\/p>\n The Treasury Department says the men use exchange houses to take advantage of Lebanon\u2019s cash-based financial sector and funnel the money from Iran to support Hezbollah.<\/p>\n Treasury\u2019s Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence John K. Hurley said \u201cwe will work with our Lebanese partners to create a resilient economy that puts the interests of all Lebanese citizens front and center.\u201d<\/p>\n The cuts could represent as many as 1,800 flights and upwards of 268,000 seats combined, according to an estimate by aviation analytics firm Cirium.<\/p>\n The president gave the remarks on Pelosi\u2019s retirement exclusively to a reporter broadcasting on Fox News\u2019 \u201cAmerica\u2019s Newsroom.\u201d<\/p>\n Pelosi led the House in impeaching Trump twice during his first term \u2014 first over withholding military support for Ukraine as it confronted Russian aggression and later after inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol. He was acquitted both times by the Senate.<\/p>\n House Speaker Mike Johnson said the political old guard is being \u201crepudiated,\u201d though he commended Pelosi for her service.<\/p>\n Airlines said they would try to minimize the impact on customers, some of whom will see weekend travel plans disrupted with little notice.<\/p>\n United Airlines said it would focus the cuts on smaller regional routes that use smaller planes like 737s. United, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines said they would offer refunds to passengers who opt not to fly \u2014 even if they purchased tickets that aren\u2019t normally refundable.<\/p>\n The head of Frontier Airlines recommended travelers buy backup tickets with another airline to avoid being stranded.<\/p>\n Air traffic controllers are working without pay during the government shutdown and have been increasingly calling off work. <\/p>\n Controllers already have missed one paycheck and are scheduled to again receive nothing next week as as the shutdown drags on and the financial pressure on them mounts.<\/p>\n The FAA has already been delaying flights at times when airports or its other facilities are short on controllers.<\/p>\n Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune opened what\u2019s seen as a pivotal day in efforts to end the government shutdown by keeping all options open.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s all going to be subject to whether or not it looks like there\u2019s a path to wind this down, this weekend,\u201d Thune said.<\/p>\n He added that the next step is getting a response from Democrats on the offer before them, \u201cand then we\u2019ll see where they go with that.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked whether the Senate would cancel its recess next week, Thune said he\u2019s \u201cnot ruling anything out at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n Jeffries of New York is in line to become the speaker himself if the party regains control of the chamber in next year\u2019s election.<\/p>\n \u201cThe United States is a much better nation today because Nancy Pelosi dedicated her life to serving the children, the climate, the country and the American people,\u201d Jeffries said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cNancy D\u2019Alesandro Pelosi is an iconic, heroic, trailblazing, legendary and transformational leader. She is the greatest Speaker of all time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cHouse Democrats will always be down with NDP.\u201d<\/p>\n Airports in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago along with hubs across the U.S. are among the 40 that will see flights cut starting Friday due to the government shutdown, according to a list distributed to the airlines and obtained by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 \u201chigh-volume\u201d markets to maintain travel safety as air traffic controllers exhibit signs of strain during the ongoing government shutdown.<\/p>\n \u25b6 Read more about the shutdown\u2019s effects on air travel<\/p>\n As House Speaker, she became the Democratic Party\u2019s antidote to President Trump.<\/p>\n Trump was impeached by the House \u2014 twice \u2014 first in 2019 for withholding U.S. aid to Ukraine as it faced a hostile Russia at its border and then in 2021 days after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Senate acquitted him in both cases.<\/p>\n Pelosi stood up the Jan. 6 special committee to probe Trump\u2019s role in sending his mob of supporters to the Capitol, when most Republicans refused to investigate, producing the 1,000-page report that became the first full accounting of what happened as the defeated president tried to stay in office.<\/p>\n Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker\u2019s office but arguably the most powerful in American politics.<\/p>\n Pelosi, who\u2019s represented San Francisco for nearly 40 years, announced her decision Thursday.<\/p>\n \u201cI will not be seeking reelection to Congress,\u201d Pelosi said in a video address to voters.<\/p>\n Pelosi, appearing upbeat and forward-looking as images of her decades of accomplishments filled the frames, said she would finish out her final year in office. And she left those who sent her to Congress with a call to action to carry on the legacy of agenda-setting both in the U.S. and around the world.<\/p>\n \u25b6 Read more about Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi<\/p>\n President Trump has warned the United States will be rendered \u201cdefenseless\u2019\u2019 and possibly \u201creduced to almost Third World status\u201d if the Supreme Court strikes down the tariffs he imposed this year on nearly every country on earth.<\/p>\n The justices sounded skeptical during oral arguments Wednesday of his sweeping claims of authority to impose tariffs as he sees fit.<\/p>\n The truth, though, is Trump will still have plenty of options to keep taxing imports aggressively even if the court rules against him. He can re-use tariff powers he deployed in his first term and can reach for others, including one that dates back to the Great Depression.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hard to see any pathway here where tariffs end,\u201d said Georgetown trade law professor Kathleen Claussen. \u201cI am pretty convinced he could rebuild the tariff landscape he has now using other authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n \u25b6 Read more about Trump\u2019s tariff options<\/p>\n Travelers through some of the busiest U.S. airports can expect to learn Thursday whether they\u2019ll see fewer flights as the government shutdown drags into a second month.<\/p>\n The Federal Aviation Administration will announce the 40 \u201chigh-volume markets\u201d where it\u2019s reducing flights by 10% before the cuts go into effect Friday, said agency administrator Bryan Bedford. The move is intended to keep the air space safe during the shutdown, the agency said.<\/p>\n Experts predict hundreds if not thousands of flights could be canceled. The cuts could represent as many as 1,800 flights and upwards of 268,000 seats combined, according to an estimate by aviation analytics firm Cirium.<\/p>\n \u25b6 Read more about the shutdown\u2019s effects on air travel<\/p>\n Central to any resolution will be a series of agreements that would need to be upheld not only by the Senate but also by the House and the White House, which is not at all certain in Washington.<\/p>\n Senators from both major parties, particularly the members of the powerful Appropriations Committee, are pushing to ensure the normal government funding process in Congress can be put back on track. Among the goals is guaranteeing upcoming votes on a smaller package of bills to fund various aspects of government such as agricultural programs and military construction projects at bases.<\/p>\n More difficult, a substantial number of senators also want some resolution to the standoff over the funding for the Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at year\u2019s end.<\/p>\n During the shutdown in Trump\u2019s first term, the government was partially closed for 35 days over his demands for money to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. At that time, he met publicly and negotiated with congressional leaders. Unable to secure the money, he relented in 2019.<\/p>\n This time, it\u2019s not just Trump declining to engage in talks. The congressional leaders are at a standoff, and Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers home in September after they approved their own funding bill, refusing further negotiations.<\/p>\n Now at 37 days, it\u2019s the longest in U.S. history.<\/p>\n While some Democrats saw Trump\u2019s comments on the shutdown Wednesday as evidence that he\u2019d soon get more involved, he\u2019s largely stayed out of the fray. Instead, the talks have intensified among a loose coalition of centrist senators trying to negotiate an end to the shutdown.<\/p>\n Trump has refused to negotiate with Democrats over their demands to salvage expiring health insurance subsidies until they agree to reopen the government. But skeptical Democrats question whether the Republican president will keep his word, particularly after his administration restricted SNAP food aid despite court orders to ensure funds are available to prevent hunger.<\/p>\n
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