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  • Sean DuffyEconomy

    Air traffic controllers working without pay get warning from boss: ‘Staff that aren’t dedicated like we need, we’ll let them go’

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Sean DuffyNorth America

    Transportation Secretary worried that air traffic controllers may ‘have to take a second job and drive Uber’ because of government shutdown

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Scott BessentNorth America

    Scott Bessent says stay tuned for ‘substantial support for our farmers, especially the soybean farmers’

    By Didi Tang, Josh Funk, and others
  • Soybeans are harvested on the Warpup Farm in Warren, Ind., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)Economy

    If there isn’t a China trade deal soon, U.S. soybean farmer warns ‘they’re going to bypass us altogether’

    By Didi Tang, Josh Funk, and others
  • Warren BuffettEnergy

    Warren Buffett’s last big deal? Berkshire Hathaway to buy Occidental Petroleum’s chemical division for $9.7 billion

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Brian Warpup inspects one of his soybean fields in Warren, Ind., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)Economy

    Farmer warns ‘this is a five-alarm fire’ as time is running out ahead of harvest, and there’s still no China deal

    By Didi Tang, Josh Funk, and others
  • Brett JamesArts & Entertainment

    Brett James, writer of ‘Jesus, Take The Wheel,’ dies in plane crash at 57

    By Kathy McCormack, Josh Funk, and others
  • Sean Duffy, US secretary of transportation, speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.Law

    US orders Delta and Aeromexico to dissolve partnership that allowed them to price and schedule their flights jointly and share revenue

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Railroad bridgeLaw

    Railroad regulators to train 163 inspectors to spot cracks in railroad bridges, up from 7

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Trump fires Democratic member from transportation board just before it considers the largest railroad merger in history

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy, on monitor left, swears-in the witnesses from left: Dan Cooper, Sikorsky Aircraft, Lance Gant, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Army CW4 Kylene Lewis, Steve Braddom, U.S. Army, and Scott Rosengren, U.S. Army, during the NTSB fact-finding hearing on the DCA midair collision accident, at the National Transportation and Safety Board boardroom, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)Travel & Leisure

    Night vision goggles may have hampered Army helicopter pilots before crash with jet, experts tell NTSB

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Railroad mergerFinance

    Even the railroad barons never did this: an $85 billion merger stretching from coast to coast

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy testifies during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Oversight hearing on the Department of Transportation’s Policies and Programs and Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)Politics

    Delta-Aeromexico alliance in jeopardy as Trump administration imposes limits on Mexican flights

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A Union Pacific train travels through Union, Neb., July 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)Finance

    Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create North America’s largest railroad

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • CowboysFinance

    Where’s the beef? Hamburger inflation is running at 12% as America’s herds literally shrink

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press