
Air travelers face 'operational challenges' this weekend
CNN
Air travel for the July 4 holiday weekend is revving up, and things are likely to get messy. Here's what to expect.
(CNN) — Travel for the July 4 holiday weekend is revving up, and things are already getting messy.
By 4:30 p.m. ET Friday, thunderstorms in the Northeast were causing delays of an hour or more at some of the region's major airports, according to the Federal Aviation Administration's flight delay map.
More than 550 flights in the United States had been canceled by 8:40 p.m. ET Friday, with almost 6,500 delays, according to flight tracking site FlightAware.

A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots be received by Election Day.

A Border Patrol agent shot two people in Portland, Oregon, during a traffic stop after authorities said they were associated with a Venezuelan gang, another incident in a string of confrontations with federal authorities that have left Americans frustrated with immigration enforcement during the Trump administration.











