Transportation

Four of the agency's 10 busiest days on record took place this summer. Those high travel trends are expected to continue through Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Crime

TSA likely to see record airport screenings during Thanksgiving week

Anna Giaritelli -

November 19, 2017 5:01 am

According to statistics compiled by the industry, major freight rail operators such as BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific have spent $26 billion annually in recent years. This investment, which allows the industry to serve nearly every sector of the economy, which in turn supports 1.5 million jobs nationally and generates nearly $100 billion in taxes for public projects, including infrastructure. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Beltway Confidential

Freight rail shows that private infrastructure is more than viable

Pete Sepp -

November 14, 2017 8:04 pm

If British Uber drivers are legally defined as employees, Uber will have to pay them a $9.80/hour minimum wage, pay social security taxes, while also providing vacation and sick time. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Beltway Confidential

Conservatives must pay heed to British efforts to kill Uber

Tom Rogan -

November 13, 2017 7:06 pm

India Gate, a war memorial, is seen engulfed in smog in New Delhi, India. United Airlines suspends flight operations to New Delhi due to severe air pollution in the nation's capital. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Beltway Confidential

United Airlines won’t fly you to New Delhi because of the pollution — a self-solving problem

Tim Worstall -

November 13, 2017 1:57 pm

Travel groups are behind third parties' involvement in enrollment because they argue it would lower costs and allow alternative options for registration. (George Frey/Bloomberg)

Foreign Policy

Bill to expand PreCheck, modernize TSA gets travel groups on board

Diana Stancy Correll -

November 13, 2017 5:01 am

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, left, and Gen. David L. Goldfein, right, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, have raised concerns about retaining people as many pilots leave for better pay in the civilian sector. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais )

Foreign Policy

Empty Cockpit Syndrome: Air Force struggles to pull pilot plunge out of tailspin

Jamie McIntyre -

November 13, 2017 5:01 am

From left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speak at a news conference as work gets underway on the Senate's version of the GOP tax reform bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Economy

Next week: House, Senate move on tax reform

Susan Ferrechio -

November 11, 2017 2:00 pm

NYC Transit staffers have been instructed to immediately replace the phrase

Beltway Confidential

‘Ladies and gentlemen’ deemed too politically incorrect for NYC subway announcements

Emily Jashinsky -

November 10, 2017 4:07 pm

Beginning in the Reagan administration, the federal government started subsidizing parking because, like everybody else, bureaucrats need to park their cars somewhere when they work. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s EPA spent $1.5 million to subsidize parking for senior employees

Philip Wegmann -

November 8, 2017 4:28 pm

Currently, many small airports have towers that are served by contract towers, which are operated by private companies and approved by the FAA. (Sipa via AP Images)

Magazine

Rural air traffic control fight brews among Republicans

Diana Stancy Correll -

November 6, 2017 5:01 am

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Tag: Transportation

TSA likely to see record airport screenings during Thanksgiving week

Freight rail shows that private infrastructure is more than viable

Conservatives must pay heed to British efforts to kill Uber

United Airlines won’t fly you to New Delhi because of the pollution — a self-solving problem

Bill to expand PreCheck, modernize TSA gets travel groups on board

Empty Cockpit Syndrome: Air Force struggles to pull pilot plunge out of tailspin

Next week: House, Senate move on tax reform

‘Ladies and gentlemen’ deemed too politically incorrect for NYC subway announcements

Obama’s EPA spent $1.5 million to subsidize parking for senior employees

Rural air traffic control fight brews among Republicans

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