Josh Funk

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  • FAAPolitics

    FAA head hasn’t sold his stake in an airline despite promises to do so, Democratic Senator claims

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • farmersEconomy

    Bailed-out farmers don’t want to live on Trump welfare: ‘they don’t want to go to the mailbox and get a check from the government’

    By Josh Funk, Mark Vancleave, and others
  • TrumpEconomy

    Trump plans $12 billion bailout for farmers who saw livelihoods vanish along with China’s missing soybean imports

    By Seung Min Kim, Josh Funk, and others
  • BrownPolitics

    Trump administration shows a pattern of firing Black leaders across government, former Transportation officials claim

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • A student driver gets on a truck as the instructor watches in Calif., Nov. 15, 2021.Law

    Nearly half of U.S. truck-driving schools face closure in crackdown on ‘poorly trained drivers’

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Clay Patton, vice president of the Lexington-area Chamber of Commerce said Monday that Tyson’s announcement Friday felt like a “gut punch” to the communityEconomy

    City of 11,000 reels from ‘gut punch’ after Big Meat firm closes plant that employs nearly a third of the population

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • East PalestineLaw

    Norfolk Southern revives plans for $20 million first responder training center near horrific East Palestine derailment site

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • DuffyPolitics

    Trump’s FAA punishes most of nation’s air traffic workers by only giving $10,000 bonuses to the 776 with perfect shutdown attendance

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Tammy DuckworthPolitics

    Trump held Americans’ Thanksgiving travel hostage to force through health care cuts, Democratic senator suggests

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • airlinePolitics

    Congress is already preparing for the next shutdown, writing a bill to pay air traffic controllers when the parties inevitably clash again

    By Josh Funk, Rio Yamat, and others
  • airlineLaw

    Normal airline service resumes Monday at 6am ET, FAA says, just in time for Thanksgiving travel

    By Rio Yamat, Josh Funk, and others
  • U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, right, films a social media post on a combine with farm owner Tyler Everett during a farm tour in Lebanon, Ind., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)Economy

    China has only bought 332,000 tons of U.S. soybeans since Trump made a deal with Xi Jinping that promised 12 million by year’s end

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • TravelersLaw

    FAA is silent but airlines see a busy and healthy Thanksgiving travel season

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • White HouseLaw

    The Winklevoss twins and Big Tobacco are on the list of donors helping fund Trump’s East Wing teardown. Nvidia isn’t, but Jensen Huang is involved, too

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • AirportLaw

    Trump’s FAA refuses to give timeline on when flights will be normal after shutdown ends

    By Rio Yamat, Josh Funk, and others