With thousands of Americans showing up in 1,500 cities for “No Kings” protests, I wanted to know what motivated people.

More specifically, he focused on air traffic control and just how dire the current situation is. Spoiler alert: It isn't good. Like with most episodes of Last Week Tonight, there's only so much ...

But the Newark incident is just the latest example of deeper issues in U.S. air traffic control. As internet connectivity expands and speeds soar, the government is lagging. Billions of taxpayer ...

“We believe that there’s a lot of evidence that the people in charge of air traffic control, NavCanada, are keeping the numbers low to keep the overtime up,” the pilot said through his ...

WASHINGTON — This week, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration laid out an ambitious goal of bringing the U.S. air traffic control system into the 21st century. "The whole idea is to ...

The shortage of air traffic controller specialists is one of the reasons for the hectic stretch at Newark Liberty International Airport amid hundreds of cancellations and delays leaving thousands ...

Duffy said the FAA will host two industry days next week in Washington, D.C., and another in New Jersey to meet with companies that could spearhead the building of the next air traffic control system.

The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system became glaringly obvious during a series of recent outages affecting passenger jets operating around the airport in Newark, New Jersey.

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated air traffic control staffing data by including trainees. The Collaborative Resource Workgroup staffing target, which ...

A new fiber optic cable has been installed to try to fix the air traffic control issues plaguing Newark International Airport. The new cable is already in place between Philadelphia and New York ...

Veteran air traffic ... 16 new air traffic controllers were placed in training to boost staffing figures. The workers were moved to the Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON ...