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Aerospace reporter Drew Fitzgerald says Boeing is gaining momentum as regulators ease production caps to meet a backlog of orders, and as the company reaps the rewards of President Trump's promotion of U.S.

industrial giants in global trade talks.

And if you're flying on Southwest today, you may want to book your seats ahead of time.

That's because after more than 50 years, the airline's open seating policy is over, a change it announced back in July 2024.

Journal travel columnist Don Gilbertson says the switch follows investor pressure on the airline to boost revenue, which also saw it end its bags-fly-free policy back in May.

Dawn told us she spent the last few days flying on packed Southwest flights where she heard mixed reactions about the changes at an airline that's a favorite of Wall Street Journal readers.

And that's it for What's News for this Tuesday morning.

Today's show was produced by Daniel Bach and Hattie Moyer.

Our supervising producer was Sandra Kilhoff.

And I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

We will be back tonight with a new show.

And until then, thanks for listening.

Here is your morning brief for Monday, January 26th.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

President Trump says his administration is investigating the killing of intensive care nurse Alex Preddy by federal agents in Minneapolis over the weekend.

Trump, speaking to the Journal yesterday, repeatedly declined to say whether the officer who shot Preddy had acted appropriately, though he also criticized Preddy for carrying a gun during protest activity.

A hearing is scheduled for today in Minnesota federal court in a suit brought by the state's attorney general that seeks to bar Homeland Security and Justice Department officials from destroying or concealing evidence related to Saturday's shooting.

A Homeland Security spokeswoman defended the actions of immigration agents and described claims that evidence was destroyed as, quote, an attempt to divide the American people.

Large swaths of the U.S.

are still covered in snow and ice this morning following this weekend's winter storm.