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FILE - A Crowdstrike office is seen in Sunnyvale, Calif., July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

Delta facing class-action lawsuit over tech outage; customers seeking refunds

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

FILE - Travelers pass through Salt Lake City International Airport on May 24, 2024, in Salt Lake City. On Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is expected to announce a new rule that would require airlines to do everything possible to ensure parents can sit with young children on flights. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Proposed U.S. rule bans airlines from charging parents additional fees to sit with their children

By Dee-Ann Durbin - Associated Press

A Delta Air Lines plane leaves the gate on July 12, 2021, at Logan International Airport in Boston. U.S. airline regulators have opened an investigation into Delta Air Lines, which is still struggling to restore operations on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, more than four full days after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and disrupted global air travel. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Delta Air Lines expects outage-related cancellations to end by Thursday, CEO says

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Biden helping Chinese airlines illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Biden says he’s protecting consumers while assisting Chinese airlines

By Brian McNicoll

Emerging technology is playing a vital role in infrastructure

By U.S. Sen. John Boozman

FILE - A Southwest Airlines jet arrives at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix on Dec. 28, 2022. Southwest Airlines will pay a $35 million fine as part of a $140 million agreement to settle a federal investigation into a debacle last December when the airline canceled thousands of flights and stranded more than 2 million travelers over the holidays. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Southwest Airlines reaches $140 million settlement over holiday flight-canceling meltdown last year

By David Koenig - Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by Madeline Hartman, Carol Logan, left, Wilbur Slockish, center, and Johnny Jackson stand on Mount Hood, Ore. Slockish, Logan and Jackson were plaintiffs in a 2008 lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Transportation over damage to a site sacred to local tribes along U.S. Highway 26 on Mount Hood. The U.S. government has agreed to help restore the sacred Native American site on the slopes of Oregon's Mount Hood that was destroyed by highway construction, court documents show, capping more than 15 years of legal battles that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Madeline Hartman via AP)

US government agrees to help restore sacred Native American site destroyed for Oregon road project

By Claire Rush - Associated Press

American Airlines planes are parked at Pittsburgh International Airport on March 31, 2020, in Imperial, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)

American Airlines fined $4.1 million for dozens of long tarmac delays that trapped passengers

By David Koenig - Associated Press

A Lion electric school bus is seen on display in Austin, Texas, Feb. 22, 2023. The Transportation Department is awarding almost $1.7 billion in grants for buying zero- and low-emission buses, with the money going to transit projects in 46 states and territories. The grants will enable transit agencies and state and local governments to buy 1,700 U.S.-built buses, nearly half of which will have zero carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

The U.S. government is awarding $1.7 billion to buy electric and low-emission buses

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

FILE - Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. A unit of the U.S. Department of Transportation is conducting an investigation of Neuralink, a brain implant company started by Musk, following claims by an animal rights group that it received information that suggests the company didn’t follow proper procedure when shipping potentially hazardous materials, Friday, Feb. 10. (AP Photo/ Benjamin Fanjoy, File)

Elon Musk’s Neuralink probed over material shipments

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Travelers wait at a Southwest Airlines baggage counter to retrieve their bags after canceled flights at Los Angeles International Airport, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)

Southwest under scrutiny after wave of storm cancellations

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (center) speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, May 16, 2022, as Labor Secretary Marty Walsh (left) and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan listen. Buttigieg says he is pushing airlines to hire more customer-service people and take other steps to help travelers this summer. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

DOT proposes new rule to make airline refunds easier for flyers

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

China's Slave Labor and Biden's "Build Back Better" Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

America must do more to combat global slave labor

By Catherine Todd Bailey

Illustration on mandated breathalyzers in new model cars by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Infrastructure proposal mandating alcohol detection devices could maroon you in a parking lot

By Richard Berman

US approves $47.5M to build new Alaska airport, repair 2

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In this March 4, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, right, meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and members of the House of Representatives in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on infrastructure. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Pete Buttigieg says Biden weighing ‘mileage tax’ on drivers: ‘I think that shows a lot of promise’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Hawaiian Airlines records top flight punctuality in US

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Maine politicians seek rule change to ease lobster shipping

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Buttgieg a disappointing choice

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Feds grant $638M more for light rail extension in Phoenix

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