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Wreckage from American Airlines Flight 5342 is pulled from the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Feb. 3, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Rewritten air safety legislation moves out of House committees

By Kelly Livingston and Mark Satter
Posted March 26, 2026 at 5:36pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters as he returns from the Senate floor to his office in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.

In the Senate, Thune resurrects idea of reconciliation

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted March 24, 2026 at 6:38pm, Updated at 8:12pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks with reporters after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Feb. 3. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump outburst sends Senate back to drawing board for DHS deal

By Paul M. Krawzak and Aris Folley
Posted March 23, 2026 at 3:17pm, Updated at 5:30pm
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., seen in the Capitol on Nov. 13, 2024, called the El Paso airspace closure a "failure of coordination." (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senators question Pentagon official over El Paso airspace closure

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted February 26, 2026 at 5:28pm
Ethanol and no ethanol options are shown on a gas pump in Des Moines, Iowa. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House misses its own deadline for bill to expand ethanol sales

By David Jordan
Posted February 26, 2026 at 6:07am
A plane takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near the wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 in the Potomac River on Feb. 3, 2025.

Senate aviation safety bill rejected by House

By Kelly Livingston
Posted February 24, 2026 at 4:46pm
Wreckage from American Airlines Flight 5342 is pulled from the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Feb. 3, 2025. The plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29, killing 67 people.

Panels unveil aviation safety text as House sets vote on Senate bill

By Kelly Livingston
Posted February 19, 2026 at 8:10pm, Updated February 20, 2026 at 5:38pm
Traffic is seen on Florida Avenue Northeast at North Capitol Street in Washington.

EPA’s end to endangerment finding eases rules for carmakers

By Kelly Livingston
Posted February 18, 2026 at 7:00am
In an aerial view, container ships are seen docked at the Port of Oakland in California on Jan. 28.

White House proposes new taxes to boost US shipbuilding

By Peter Cohn
Posted February 13, 2026 at 6:41pm
National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday.

NTSB chair says Senate bill could have prevented DC air crash

By Kelly Livingston
Posted February 12, 2026 at 5:10pm