WASHINGTON — For more than four hours, a ground stop of virtually all aircraft in the United States brought unprecedented chaos and delays that are expected to last days.

Here is what we know about what went wrong.

—What caused the stop?

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said switches and routers on the Federal Aviation ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called on Congress to authorize $50 billion in emergency funding to overhaul the U.S. air traffic control system after a technical issue spawned the longest nationwide grounding in more than two decades.

“This is an emergency,” Duffy said at a White House news conference on Friday. He ...Read more

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday issued an extraordinary four-hour ground stoppage on all flights in the United States after a communications issue crippled air traffic control centers.

The situation caused havoc at airports across the country and affected thousands of flights. The stop was lifted at around 8:30 p.m. Eastern time, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., a fierce advocate for universal healthcare and outspoken war critic who served 28 years in Congress, died Thursday at the age of 89, his family announced.

In a roughly 50-year career in state and federal office, the salty-tongued, liberal lawmaker from Seattle won praise and criticism for ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have asked SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk to “preserve all documents, communications and electronically stored information” related to the company’s Starlink and Starshield systems in Ukraine,” according to a letter released Friday.

Democrats, who have gained ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX is nearly ready to bring Starship to Florida, but launched one more mission from Texas on Friday, one that had plans to try to recover the Super Heavy booster and the upper stage for the first time. The booster, though, didn’t make the planned return.

Starship’s Flight 15 test mission lifted off from SpaceX’s ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Multiple rounds of rain-soaked atmospheric rivers will push across the Golden State this weekend, bringing rains, wind, rising tides and even snow at elevation, as California begins to feel the influence of this season’s record El Niño.

To touch on the wind before diving into the expected rain, gusts will be strongest ...Read more

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday issued an extraordinary four-hour ground stoppage on all flights in the United States after a communications issue crippled air traffic control centers.

The move caused havoc at airports across the country and affected thousands of flights. The stop was lifted at around 5:30 p.m., but it’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. has lost its long-standing status as having eradicated measles after transmission of the disease has continued through the past year and broken case records, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.

The report followed a review of the evidence by the Pan American Health ...Read more

It was a day marked by confusion and frayed nerves as passengers dealt with more than 1,000 delayed flights due to the Federal Aviation Administration’s nationwide ground stop.

Passengers were stranded at airports as they waited to see how long the delays would last and when their canceled flights would be rebooked.

Zack Richeimer, 29, found...Read more

U.S Sen. Richard Blumenthal is clashing with President Donald Trump over the construction of the White House ballroom in a continuation of their long-running feud on multiple issues.

The latest dust-up involves Blumenthal’s inquiry into corporations and wealthy individuals who contributed more than $300 million for the new ballroom, and a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will meet China’s Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, a White House spokeswoman said.

Xi is hosting this year’s APEC summit, which is set to take place on Nov. 18-19 in Shenzhen, China.

Trump has previously said such...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Tensions over aggressive federal immigration actions in and around Bay Area courts and jails flared again Friday with reports that public defender attorneys and immigrant-rights activists were pepper sprayed by ICE agents while recording them tackling and detaining a man just footsteps from the Hall of Justice in San Jose.

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LEXINGTON, S.C. — Nearly two hours into Friday’s hearing about whether to dismiss double murder indictments against Alex Murdaugh and get new ones, state Judge Debra McCaslin asked prosecutors a key question.

“Let me ask you, if you had to go back to the grand jury (and get a new indictment) could you have it done and be ready to go by ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Supporters of a plan to spend $50 million in state money on private schools and homeschooling costs said it would help increase Idaho families’ access to education opportunities for children with a range of learning abilities.

The money, given to parents in the form of tax credits, would help families of “modest resources�...Read more

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a temporary ground stoppage on all flights in the United States after a communications issue that affected air traffic control centers.

The extraordinary move caused havoc at airports across the country and affected thousands of flights. It’s unclear when the ground stop will end. Homeland ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In a blistering order, a federal judge criticized an ICE agent, the Justice Department and the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office for inadvertently circulating a false accusation against a federal defender, then stopping short of correcting it.

The disputed accusation came from a memo by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a challenge to President Donald Trump’s claims that an “invasion” at the southern border can be used to deny asylum claims by refugees.

The Trump administration had asked the justices to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that held ...Read more