Tag: Travel

Chevy Chase in a scene from the 1989 hit National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Washington Secrets

Christmas gridlock: 6 of 10 will travel, 69% on highways, 15% airlines

Paul Bedard · December 19, 2017 7:46 pm

The top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee says Scott Pruitt's four-day trip to Morocco was inappropriate because the EPA plays no formal role in overseeing natural gas exports. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Energy and Environment

Tom Carper asks EPA inspector general to investigate Scott Pruitt’s $40,000 Morocco trip

Josh Siegel · December 18, 2017 10:00 pm

Ryan Zinke: Reports on helicopter usage are a ‘wild departure from reality’

Katie Leach · December 10, 2017 1:08 am

Protesters hold signs that read "No Muslim Ban Ever," outside a federal courthouse. The Supreme Court on Monday lifted the Maryland judge's block of Trump's ban, allowing the administration to fully enforce the restriction against residents from six Muslim-majority countries. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Appeals court focuses on Trump’s Muslim tweets in new arguments over travel ban

Ryan Lovelace · December 8, 2017 6:55 pm

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is currently under investigation by the department's inspector general for mixing business and political travel. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Interior Department fights back after report on Ryan Zinke helicopter travel

Ariella Phillips · December 8, 2017 2:01 am

Even after President Trump's Wednesday announcement, U.S. passports for citizens born in Jerusalem won't say they were born in "Jerusalem, Israel," but instead just "Jerusalem." Government maps also won't recognize Jerusalem as belonging to Israel. (iStock)

National Security

US passports won’t reflect Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Joel Gehrke · December 7, 2017 10:04 pm

Senior Circuit Judge Michael Daly Hawkins (pictured above) hears arguments during a hearing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. On Wednesday, he questioned Deputy Assistant Attorney General Hashim Mooppan about whether President Trump's travel ban could yield results similar to what happened to Tom Hanks' character in the film "The Terminal." (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, Pool)

Appeals court judge questions Trump attorney about travel ban’s similarities to Tom Hanks’ ‘The Terminal’

Ryan Lovelace · December 6, 2017 11:37 pm

A federal court is preparing to hear arguments over President Trump's third iteration of a travel ban, which includes the original Muslim-majority nations, as well as Chad, North Korea, and Venezuela. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Hawaii attorneys argue Trump’s new travel ban takes ‘wrecking ball’ to immigration law

Ryan Lovelace · December 6, 2017 9:45 pm

"The computer said, 'Hey ya'll. You want the days off? You got it.'" (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Thousands of American Airlines flights lose pilots for holidays thanks to computer glitch

Kara Zupkus · November 29, 2017 8:20 pm

These innovative companies are solving problems for consumers, workers, and job creators across the country. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Americans embrace a shared-ride future

tim-day · November 29, 2017 5:01 am

Trump golfed Wednesday, and had a "full schedule of meetings and phone calls," White House deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters told reporters. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump: Travel ‘running very smoothly’ ahead of Thanksgiving holiday

Melissa Quinn · November 22, 2017 10:08 pm

Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin talks to reporters outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. A U.S. appeals court is allowing C-SPAN to broadcast oral arguments on President Trump's travel ban. The 9th Circuit will hear arguments on Dec. 6 in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

9th Circuit allows C-SPAN to broadcast travel ban arguments

Ryan Lovelace · November 22, 2017 4:49 pm