Volunteers usually gather at Riverside National Cemetery in California on Veterans Day to place flags on graves, but not this year. The longest federal government shutdown in history has halted the event due to a lack of resources such as access to restrooms and traffic control. Organizers say they can't proceed without these essentials. Communities across the country are canceling or scaling back Veterans Day events. The disruption comes as military families face uncertainty about their pay. Some groups are finding alternative ways to honor veterans, including providing Thanksgiving dinners instead of holding parades.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Friday he's considering granting Hungary an exemption from U.S. sanctions on Russian energy a…

Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school. Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff announced the agreement on Friday, saying it upholds the university’s academic freedom while restoring more than $250 million in research funding that the government withheld amid investigations into alleged civil rights violations. The university agreed to pay $30 million directly to the U.S. government along with another $30 million toward research that will support U.S. farmers.

The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had given the administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. However, the administration is seeking to suspend any court orders requiring it to spend more money than available in a contingency fund. Meanwhile, some states, like Wisconsin, have already started distributing the payments. The ongoing court battle adds to weeks of uncertainty for the food program, which serves about 1 in 8 Americans.

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The Federal Aviation Administration's order to scale back flights nationwide because of the government shutdown starts Friday. Flights at 40 major airports including in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago will be cut. The FAA says its goal is to reduce flights by up to 10% to ease pressure on unpaid air traffic controllers. Hundreds scheduled for Friday already have been canceled. The impact is expected to be felt across the U.S. air transportation system, affecting both passengers and package deliveries.

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity. Thursday’s decision is Trump’s latest win on the high court’s emergency docket and means his Republican administration can enforce the policy while a lawsuit over it plays out. The decision 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. Trump argues the president has the authority to set rules on government documents. Transgender people say the change puts them at risk.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi is bringing her history-making career in the U.S. House to an end, but she leaves a linguistic legacy in Congre…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to lift a series of sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and members o…