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FAA Would Furlough 11,000 Employees in US Government Shutdown

The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday more than 11,000 employees at the Federal Aviation Administration will be furloughed if government funding lapses at midnight. U.S. airlines have warned that a partial federal government shutdown could strain American aviation and slow flights, as air traffic controllers and security officers would...

Trump Targeting of Pro-Palestinian Campus Activists for Deportation Is Unlawful, US Judge Rules

BOSTON — A U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's administration had acted unconstitutionally by adopting a policy of revoking visas, arresting, detaining and deporting foreign students and faculty engaged in pro-Palestinian advocacy. In a scathing 161-page ruling, U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston sided with groups...

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