Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, is facing scrutiny after a meltdown by Southwest Airlines and a Federal Aviation Administration system outage wreaked havoc on flights.
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The Week in Business: More Air Travel Chaos
Consumer prices continue to cool down. Goldman Sachs began one of its largest rounds of layoffs since the 2008 financial crisis. And Elon Musk is to go to trial over a 2018 tweet about Tesla.
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FAA Outage Highlights Fragility of the Aviation System
The Federal Aviation Administration halted flights Wednesday morning after a system to alert pilots to safety issues went down, just two weeks after a major Southwest Airlines meltdown.
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The Invention of Elise Stefanik
To rise through the Trump-era G.O.P., a young congresswoman gave up her friends, her mentors and her ideals. Will it be enough?
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What Can Stranded Travelers Expect From Southwest?
The troubled carrier says it will honor “reasonable requests for reimbursement” for those whose flights were delayed or canceled because of its meltdown. What will that mean in practice?