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A federal judge in Oregon has decided there will be no prison time for a former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines on an airliner during a flight when he was traveling off-duty.

At the time, in 2023, Joseph Emerson was riding in the cockpit's extra seat on a Horizon Air flight

as it was heading from Everett, Washington to San Francisco.

There were more than 80 people aboard.

Emerson was subdued by the flight crew as he attempted to cut power to the engines, and the plane was diverted to Portland.

Emerson had consumed psychedelic mushrooms days before the flight, and the judge sentenced him to time served plus three years of supervised release.

I'm Dave Mattingly in Washington.

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President Trump is encouraging House Republicans to vote in support of the Justice Department releasing all of its case files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A vote in the House is expected this week after a discharge petition backed by Democrats and some Republicans forced lawmakers to take action.

Writing on Truth Social yesterday, Trump called the Epstein files a Democrat hoax, adding, we have nothing to hide.

The president was asked about the release of the files by reporters last night as he was heading back to Washington, D.C.

from Palm Beach, Florida.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said last week he would bring the measure to the floor.

Trump's name is mentioned in at least three Epstein emails.

The Federal Aviation Administration is lifting restrictions on flight capacity at dozens of major airports across the U.S.

They include airports in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, and New York.

The FAA says the restriction was a safety measure resulting from the government shutdown, which ended last week after 43 days.

NPR's Marie Andrusiewicz has more.