Congress showed momentary signs of life in the nation’s longest government showdown, but the hope for a post-election compromise faded quickly, with frustrated senators apparently no closer to an escape plan.

Democrats, fresh from a sweep of coast-to-coast victories on Tuesday, scaled back their demands, offering a plan to extend the ...Read more

ATLANTA — Flight reductions could continue rising if the government shutdown prolongs, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Friday.

The Federal Aviation Administration started reducing flights Friday at 40 major airports, which includes Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Capacity reductions began at 4%, rose to 5% ...Read more

Airlines canceled hundreds more flights this weekend, causing delays at major airports in New York City and elsewhere as federal authorities curtail air traffic because of the government shutdown.

Out of 21,748 flights scheduled on Saturday, about 3.7% had been canceled as of 8:45 a.m. New York time, according to data compiled by aviation ...Read more

Congress showed momentary signs of life in the nation’s longest government showdown, but the hope for a post-election compromise faded quickly, with frustrated senators apparently no closer to an escape plan.

Democrats, fresh from a sweep of coast-to-coast victories on Tuesday, scaled back their demands, offering a plan to extend the ...Read more

Sweeping Democratic wins in this week’s elections have given new urgency to President Donald Trump’s efforts to midterm-proof his second term, with the president keenly aware of the consequences if Republicans lose control of Congress.

Securing the midterms won’t be easy. Tuesday’s results underscore the extent to which the political ...Read more

Adam Giddens used to mainly rely on screening services and social media buzz when looking for stocks to buy. Lately, though, he’s turned his attention to a different kind of influencer: Donald Trump.

As the president’s administration breaks with precedent to take more and more ownership stakes in public companies on behalf of the U.S., ...Read more

The most telling moment during Wednesday’s arguments before the Supreme Court on President Donald Trump’s tariffs came when Justice Neil Gorsuch walked the attorney representing the administration into a corner.

Under the theory of executive branch power advanced by the White House, couldn’t the president “impose a 50 percent tariff on ...Read more

The White House just announced that AstraZeneca and Pfizer will start charging foreign health systems the same prices for all newly launched treatments as they charge here in America. Bristol-Meyers Squibb and AbbVie have similarly promised to charge the same price in the United Kingdom as in the United States for two soon-to-be-launched ...Read more

A lung just harvested for an organ transplant. A part critically needed to restart an assembly line. The hottest toy for Christmas.

Those are among the kinds of goods shipped by the country's complex air cargo system that could be significantly delayed following the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to reduce flight capacity at 40 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials warned that the number of flight cancellations may need to double if the government shutdown drags out and air-traffic controller staffing shortages worsen, potentially escalating travel disruptions as the country heads into one of its busiest travel seasons.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday on...Read more

A federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Education to halt the practice of inserting partisan language into automated out-of-office emails from accounts of furloughed employees that blames the government shutdown on Democratic lawmakers.

Commandeering employee out-of-office messages to fault “Democratic Senators” for causing the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The U.S. Justice Department urged a New York state appeals court to reverse Donald Trump’s felony conviction, an extraordinary intervention by federal officials as the president seeks to clear his criminal record.

Lawyers in the Justice Department filed a friend-of-the-court brief Friday, arguing that his conviction last year was...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Travelers got their first taste of what is expected to be worsening cuts in commercial air traffic due to the government shutdown, bringing delays, anxiety and confusion to airports across the nation.

By some measures, the level of chaos was less than some feared, but government officials warned that flight cancellations are set...Read more

WASHINGTON — A new Senate Democratic plan for ending the longest partial government shutdown in history met with a wall of Republican resistance late Friday, signaling another round of contentious negotiations that could stretch at least through the weekend.

After weeks of partisan stalemate, Democrats took to the Senate floor to call for a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration are increasingly anxious that an ongoing standoff with Democrats over reopening the government may drag into Thanksgiving week, one of the country's busiest travel periods.

Already, hundreds of flights have been canceled since the Federal Aviation Administration issued an ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Airlines across the United States have canceled flights scheduled for the coming days, as the longest government shutdown in history snarls up air travel and forces thousands of passengers to change their travel plans.

With hundreds of services already trimmed and more on the way, the world’s busiest aviation market has become ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Travelers around the country faced major disruptions Friday after the Trump administration ordered airlines to cut back on flights at the nation’s major airports to maintain safety as the longest government shutdown in U.S. history drags on.

As of Friday morning, more than 1,200 of the day’s scheduled flights were canceled, ...Read more