U.S. senators are due to vote on a resolution on Thursday that could keep President Donald Trump from attacking Venezuela without congressional authorization, a day after administration officials told lawmakers that Washington did not yet have a legal justification for strikes on Venezuelan territory.

Democrats defend U.S. intel behind strikes near Venezuela but say Biden missed a chance to rally allies against Maduro after the nation’s contested 2024 election.

The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce flights at dozens of major airports as early as Friday if no shutdown deal is reached, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced at a news conference Wednesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States needed to remain liquid to respond to unforeseen issues as the government remained shut for the 37th day.

Get the latest news and live updates as the government shutdown enters Day 37, with FAA cuts to flights and energy bill assistance cuts looming.

Millions of Americans expecting to fly this month could have their plans grounded if the government shutdown drags on.

The greatest likelihood of sightings stretches from New York in the east to Washington state in the west, but the view line goes as far south as Wyoming, Nebraska, and Iowa, according to a forecast map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center.

A pair of US B-52 bombers flew over the Caribbean Sea along the coast of Venezuela on Thursday, flight tracking data showed, in the fourth such show of force by American military aircraft in recent weeks.