We start the day's other headlines on Capitol Hill and the down-to-the-wire battle to avert a partial government shutdown.

This afternoon, the Senate advanced a bill by the Republican-led House that would fund the government through the end of September.

It would give President Trump and his allies wide leverage to carry out their budget priorities.

Democrats were deeply divided on how to proceed after

Senate leader Chuck Schumer announced last night that he would support the measure. That led to

anger within the party ranks, with some floating the idea for new leadership. The Federal Aviation

Administration announced today it will impose permanent restrictions

on non-essential helicopter flights around Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport.

The new rules align with recommendations made earlier this week by the National Transportation

Safety Board. The agency is investigating the January collision between an American Airlines

jet and a Black Hawk helicopter

that killed 67 people. The board cited the, quote, intolerable risk of collisions after finding

records of 85 so-called near misses since 2011. Federal aviation officials say they'll investigate

the cause of a fire that broke out on an American Airlines jet as it was taxying at Denver's International Airport.

Social media video captured the Boeing 737-800 covered in smoke late yesterday as passengers evacuated.

The FAA says the plane was headed from Colorado Springs to Dallas, but diverted to Denver after reports of engine vibrations.

The fire then broke out as the plane headed to the gate.

Airport officials say 12 people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Turning now to the war in Ukraine, the Trump administration is expressing cautious optimism

after a U.S. envoy met with Russian President Vladimir Putin about a 30-day ceasefire.

The U.S. put the deal on the table earlier this week, and Ukraine has already endorsed

it.

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