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Disgruntled travelers across the US will face more disruptions to their plans this weekend, as airlines cancel hundreds of additional flights and delays continue to mount due to air traffic controller staffing shortages amid a government shutdown with no end in sight.
The ruling followed a complaint by a church group that sued the Trump administration over paying the benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The government said earlier this week that it planned to pay out partial SNAP benefits, with delays of weeks to months.
The Trump administration will ground 10 per cent of flights across 40 major US airports unless a deal to end the federal government shutdown is reached.