Josh Funk

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  • More air traffic controllers are calling out sick and fearing for their financial future amid the government shutdown.Law

    Air traffic controllers are now working without pay. Some are grappling with how to pay for the medicine needed to keep their children alive

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • DuffyEconomy

    Flight delays spike over 6,000 on Thursday as government shutdown cripples air traffic nationwide

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • beefEconomy

    ‘Nobody’s happy about it, let’s put it that way’: America’s cattle ranchers were looking forward to a rare profitable year before the Argentina gambit

    By Josh Funk, Sarah Raza, and others
  • FILE – Traffic drives in view of a Boeing Co. production plant, where images of jets decorate the hangar doors on April 23, 2021, in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)North America

    FAA allows Boeing to increase 737 Max production nearly two years after door plug flew off plane

    By Rio Yamat, Josh Funk, and others
  • Sean DuffyNorth America

    Trump’s Transportation Secretary to withhold $40 million from California for failing to enforce trucker English language standard

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • 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