One Thing: Air Traffic, Out of Control?

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We start with the Trump administration’s health policy changes on care for transgender minors and marijuana. There’s a potential break in the Brown University shooting investigation. We’ll tell you about a plane crash that authorities say killed a NASCAR driver and his family. We ...  عرض المزيد

Air traffic controllers for Newark Liberty International Airport have recently experienced several frightening incidents. Their radars and radios have gone dark, potentially risking the lives of hundreds of passengers. The resulting chaos and delays are forcing government officia ...  عرض المزيد

Flying in the U.S. is still exceptionally safe, but the system relies on outdated tech and is under tremendous strain. Six experts tell us how it got this way and how it can (maybe) be fixed. (Part one of a <a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/is-the-air-traffic-contr ...

The Senate has passed a GOP-led stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown. President Trump delivered a campaign-style speech at the Justice Department on Friday to lay out his vision for the department, in which he vowed a tougher "law and order" approach. Critics warn the shak ...  عرض المزيد

What does it take to “play 3D chess at 250 miles an hour”? And how far will $12.5 billion of “Big, Beautiful” funding go toward modernizing the F.A.A.? (Part two of a two-part series.)