Joel Rose

State officials insist they are following all federal rules and called Duffy's allegations a, quote, stunt that does nothing to make our roads safer.

New York is the latest state the DOT has targeted in its crackdown on foreign-born truckers that began after a truck driver from India allegedly made an illegal U-turn that caused a fatal crash in Florida.

Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.

DHS will spend $140 million to buy the six Boeing 737 jets, according to the Washington Post, which was first to report on the contract.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement has typically relied on charter planes to carry out deportation flights.

Now, ICE is poised to operate its own fleet, with planes purchased from a Virginia-based company called Daedalus Aviation, according to the Post.

DHS has not confirmed any details about the contract, but spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said the move would save taxpayers money, in part by allowing ICE to use, quote, more efficient flight patterns.

The Trump administration has operated more than 1,700 deportation flights since taking office, according to an independent monitor, the most in at least five years.

Spirit Aerosystems was created in 2005, when Boeing spun off its operations in Oklahoma and Kansas to cut costs.

Spirit continued to make the fuselage for the 737 at its plant in Wichita, but Boeing had to prop up the financially struggling company.

Quality problems in Wichita often led to additional work at Boeing's factory near Seattle and eventually contributed to the mid-air blowout of a door plug panel on a 737 MAX jet in early 2024.

Boeing says the reintegration of Spirit will help the company improve safety and quality.

The deal requires Boeing to sell off parts of Spirit's business to its European rival Airbus and other buyers to satisfy antitrust concerns.

Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.

The FAA says it has picked Paraton, a national security company with headquarters in northern Virginia,

as the project manager for its multi-billion dollar effort to overhaul the nation's aging air traffic control system.

Congress approved $12.5 billion in July to upgrade the equipment that air traffic controllers use, after decades of complaints about technology failures and crumbling facilities.

Paraton will act as the single integrator to manage the massive project, according to the FAA, which chose the firm over a joint bid by Parsons and IBM.

Aviation industry leaders say $12.5 billion is just a down payment, and that it will likely take an additional $20 billion to complete the work.