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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The Trump administration boosted its request for air traffic control funding to $50 billion late Friday after a communications issue forced a nationwide groundstop that halted thousands of flights for hours. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the White House earlier on Friday asked for $30.1 billion to upgrade the United States' aging airports and air traffic control system. This is an emergency, Duffy said. What's more important than havin

Travelers wait for their luggage at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang) AP Photo/William Liang The Federal Aviation Administration announced that the nationwide ground stop it issued earlier on Friday has been lifted, nearly five hours after thousands of flights were canceled across the country. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a press conference Friday night that the airspace has reopened and some flights have started t

The Federal Aviation Administration announced that the nationwide ground stop it issued earlier on Friday has been lifted, according to the AP. This is a breaking story. Follow for more updates. The original story is below. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for all flights in the United States until further notice, due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety. This means that planes currently in the air may land, but those on the ground may not t

WASHINGTON (AP) The leaders of the United States, China and Russia plan to meet Thursday on the sidelines of next week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China's tech hub of Shenzhen an unprecedented gathering of the heads of the world's biggest nuclear powers. While the leaders gathering for joint talks will mark a singular moment, analysts say expectations are low that the talks will lead to major breakthroughs and say they will be heavier in symbolism than substance. Plans for th

In what had been considered Colorado's most Republican-leaning congressional district, incumbent Rep. Lauren Boebert has been defeated by Democrat Eileen Laubacher. The Associated Press called the race on Friday afternoon. Laubacher received 48.8% of the vote (187,488 votes) to Boebert's 47.9% (184,047 votes), with 99% of the vote counted. Douglas Mangeris, a libertarian, received 3.3%, or 12,720 votes, per AP. Boebert, an outspoken gun rights activist, has served in Congress since 2021 and is c

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a partial building collapse where, according to local reports, people are trapped in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Wednesday, November 11. - Angelina Katsanis/Reuters Leonor Yupa dropped to her knees Thursday when a Spanish-language media reporter said her 22-year-old son was among eight people whose lives were claimed by the Brooklyn building collapse the day before. I want my son! I want my son! the Ecuadorian mother cried in Spanish as family me

WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider President Donald Trumps ban on asylum at the southern border, a pillar of the Republican presidents far-reaching crackdown on immigration. The Trump administration is asking the justices to overturn lower court decisions that found the executive order banning asylum applications illegal. It's the latest in a series of immigration cases before the high court. Federal law gives people the right to seek asylum if they fear persecution in

Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh are expected in court Friday to ask a judge to throw out the original murder indictments for killing his wife and son, alleging the chief investigator in the case lied to the grand jury. Murdaugh is facing a retrial on the murder charges after the South Carolina Supreme Court threw out his convictions and life sentence, ruling that a court clerk improperly influenced jurors against him during his 2023 trial . Even if the longshot request to dismiss the indictments is