--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The Federal Aviation Administration's ordering a 10 percent reduction in air traffic at the nation's busiest airports in response to government shutdown pressures that can jeopardize air safety.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Airlines, including American, Delta, and United, have begun canceling hundreds of flights to meet the FAA's unprecedented order.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Many travelers are likely scrambling now if they've already booked tickets to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, usually an epically busy time of year for travel.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Denver International is one of the 40 major airports affected by flight reductions.
--:-- [Sound of airport ambiance]
--:-- Anna Paula Zamorano: I feel really bad for the TSA agents and everybody else, air traffic controllers, that are being impacted.
--:-- Anna Paula Zamorano: So in a way, I think we saw it coming. And all I can do myself as a traveler is when I get in the plane and when I get to the airport, I thank everybody and say, hey, thank you, because I know it's rough.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge order requiring the full payment of food assistance benefits, known as SNAP.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The federal judge in Rhode Island said the government failed to consider the harm to the millions of Americans who rely on the benefits.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Here's NPR's Tovia Smith.
--:-- Tovia Smith: U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. accused the Trump administration of delaying food aid for, quote, political reasons.
--:-- Tovia Smith: He said the president's own social media posts prove his intent to defy a previous order to keep SNAP assistance flowing.
--:-- Tovia Smith: The Trump administration has said benefits would be partially restored, but it could take weeks or months.
--:-- Tovia Smith: Now the judge says additional funding must be tapped to ensure full benefits are restored immediately.
--:-- Tovia Smith: Anti-hunger groups call the decision a major victory, but worry the administration's appeal will mean more delays for needy Americans.
--:-- Tovia Smith: The Trump administration issued a short statement blaming Democrats for the lapse in benefits.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The amount of China's exports dropped last month in dollar terms. It's an unexpected contraction compared to the year before.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: NPR's Emily Fang with more.
--:-- Emily Fang: American tariffs on Chinese goods still hover at just under 50 percent.
--:-- Emily Fang: And even when they were higher, Chinese export figures remained high as well, with a more than 8 percent surge this past February as Chinese exporters forward sales to get ahead of U import duties.
--:-- Emily Fang: But that may now be flagging as October's data shows.
--:-- Emily Fang: Chinese vendors have also tried to sell more to markets in Europe and Southeast Asia, but demand there just isn't as large as it is in the U.S.
--:-- Emily Fang: And in the medium term, Chinese policymakers say they want to move away from an economic growth model that relies on making low-tech goods and exporting them.
--:-- Emily Fang: Beijing's latest proposed economic five-year plan emphasizes developing advanced manufacturing.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The Dow is down 183 points.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: This is NPR.
--:-- Ashish Valentine: More than 50 people have been injured following blasts that rocked a mosque in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta.
--:-- Ashish Valentine: Police say they have identified a suspect who is hospitalized nearby.
--:-- Ashish Valentine: Multiple explosions went off at a mosque crowded for Friday prayers inside a school compound.
--:-- Ashish Valentine: The victims mostly students were rushed to hospitals nearby.
--:-- Ashish Valentine: Many suffered severe burns.
--:-- Ashish Valentine: Police have said a 17-year-old student at the nearby high school is their suspect.
--:-- Ashish Valentine: The suspect was also hospitalized following the explosions.
--:-- Ashish Valentine: Police are already investigating potential motives.
--:-- Ashish Valentine: They say they've already found toy weapons and some written messages at the scene.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Voter concerns about high prices and affordability were factors in Tuesday's elections, widely viewed as a referendum on President Trump's policies, and Democrats outperformed Republicans in key contests, including gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Now, U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik, a Trump ally, is running for governor of New York.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The Republican calls New York the most unaffordable state in the nation.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Stefanik's campaign released its announcement on video today, months after President Trump pulled her name from contention as U.N. ambassador over concerns about the GOP's narrow margins in the U.S. House.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: U.S. stocks are trading lower this hour with the Dow down 184 points.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The S&P has fallen 42.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The Nasdaq is off 269 points.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: It's NPR.
