Federal Aviation Administration facilities across the country face air traffic controller shortages as the government shutdown is in its fifth week. Around 13,000 air traffic controllers missed their first full paycheck Tuesday and could miss at least two more by Thanksgiving if the stalemate continues – creating a potentially chaotic holiday travel season.
A former longtime democratic power broker is now an alleged “con artist,” using his political influence to help a real-estate tycoon defraud investors of cold, hard cash, according to a new federal la...