Flight delays are starting to pile up as air-traffic controllers call off sick during the shutdown. CNN correspondent Pete Muntean joins to discuss. The Supreme Court heard a challenge to a law banning the use of “conversion therapy.” ABC News reports that the justices seem poised to strike such bans down. The Trump administration approved a new generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone. Natalie Allison, White House reporter for the Washington Post, talks about how the decision has been met with sharp criticism from members of the anti-abortion movement. Plus, Attorney General Pam Bondi sparred with Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill, Denmark became the latest country to announce a social-media ban for kids, and how an off-the-grid scientist learned he had won a Nobel Prize. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

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