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Today, Explained

Your flights will be canceled

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The government shutdown is making flying even worse. And maybe more dangerous. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. A security checkpoint line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You always think flying can't get worse, and you are always wrong.

0:06.6

You have traveled out of Houston's Bush Airport within the last week. Please tell me what is

0:12.4

actually going on. Who stuck at the airports in three-hour lines just to get through TSA?

0:17.6

Child, this is crazy. This is insane. Always, always wrong. Tomorrow, the government is going to

0:25.0

cut flight capacity at some of the country's busiest airports. Here's the Transportation

0:29.9

Secretary Sean Duffy and his prediction. You will see mass chaos. You will see mass flight delays. you'll see mass cancellations, and you may see

0:41.0

us close certain parts of the airspace because we just cannot manage it because we don't

0:44.7

have the air traffic controllers.

0:47.1

Because no one coming to work, because no one getting paid, because shut down.

0:52.3

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0:59.8

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1:03.6

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1:08.0

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1:10.2

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1:14.6

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1:19.1

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1:25.2

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