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US Senate committee advances Trump nominee to head FAA
The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday voted 15 to 13 to approve the nomination Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford to head the Federal Aviation Administration but is not hiking proposed funding to ...
Key Senate Democrats oppose Trump nominee to head Federal Aviation Administration
Senior Democrats on the Senate committee overseeing aviation said Tuesday they will oppose the nomination of Republic Airways ...
Ground stops lifted at all DC-area airports as severe weather subsides
WASHINGTON — All three DC metro airports were put under a ground stop Thursday as a severe thunderstorm watch and a flood ...
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Inside a school that's working to fix the U.S. shortage of air traffic controllers
Facing a severe shortage, the FAA is racing to hire thousands of air traffic controllers. But training them can take years.
Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ could jack up the cost of flying into DC-area airports
The Senate's version of the bill directs the federal government to renegotiate its operating leases with the Metropolitan ...