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The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday he won't forget the 67 people who died when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January, insisting he won't allow operations in the airspace over the nation's capital to revert back to the way they were before the crash. Administrator Bryan...

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A JetBlue pilot said a "midair collision" was avoided in an incident near Venezuela that the commercial pilot is blaming on the pilot of a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker. “We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control obtained by...

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The federal government has threatened to withhold millions of dollars in highway aid from New York if it continues to issue trucking licenses to foreign drivers without proper verification.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed Wednesday that it reached an agreement to purchase Boeing 737 planes for deportation proceedings. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said on the social platform X that the planes will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “operate more effectively, including by using more efficient flight patterns.” McLaughl...

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday that he had no plans to lower airport food costs. “So the question is lowering the cost of food in airports, and again, it’s interesting, it’s market demand and supply,” Duffy said during a press conference also featuring Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert. F Kennedy Jr. “They...

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