Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao distanced herself from President Donald Trump’s searing assessment of the U.S. air-traffic system in her testimony before a House committee on a plan to strip it out of government. "They are protecting our safety," Chao said Thursday in response to a lawmaker’s question about Trump’s criticism of the performance of the Federal… Read more »

Cities are pushing back on the possibility of losing millions of dollars in U.S. anti-terrorism grants under President Donald Trump's spending plan — the third straight White House that has moved to cut the funding. The proposed budget would cut cash for the program from $605 million to nearly $449 million for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 and require cities such as New York,… Read more »

President Donald Trump announced Monday an initiative to reform the nation’s air traffic control system, which he said is woefully behind the times. “At a time when every passenger has GPS technology in their pockets, our air traffic control system still runs on radar and ground-based radio systems that they don’t even make anymore, they can’t even fix anymore,… Read more »

Democrats quickly denounced the Trump administration's expected move to withdraw from the Paris climate accord Wednesday, calling it a political decision with grave ramifications for the well-being of the planet. The decision, which will be announced this week, would put the US at odds with nearly every other nation on earth and will be a major break from international partners that… Read more »

The U.S. travel industry is expressing concern about the proposed elimination of funding for Brand USA in President Donald Trump’s budget plan. Brand USA, a tourism marketing organization, was created after President Barack Obama signed into law the Travel Promotion Act in 2010. Brand USA’s mission is to increase international visitation to the U.S. as a driver of the… Read more »

Two members of Nevada’s congressional delegation signed onto cannabis-related legislation this week in a push to legitimize the emerging marijuana industry at the federal level. U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Rep. Dina Titus, both Democrats, co-sponsored bills that would remove federal restrictions that the marijuana industry says hamstring participants from operating as… Read more »

LAS VEGAS (KSNV NEWS3LV) — The New York Times reports that now-fired FBI Director James Comey says the President asked him to end his investigation into his former National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn. According to the paper, Comey outlined his claim in a memo which followed a February Oval Office meeting with the President the day after Flynn was forced out of his… Read more »

Nine Democratic lawmakers have asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to explain why the agency is conducting taxpayer-funded experiments in which dogs are killed to study the effects of methamphetamine and antidepressants on their brains. In a letter to the department’s inspector general, Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada and eight Los Angeles-area lawmakers said details of the… Read more »

Several lawmakers questioned Tuesday whether to move air-traffic control from the Federal Aviation Administration to a private corporation, after recent airline debacles. The comments came at a House Transportation Committee hearing about customer service, after United Airlines dragged a passenger off a flight April 9 to make room for a crew member. Lawmakers also argued that occasional… Read more »

A broad spending bill to fund the federal government through September does not include money for licensing the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository, Nevada lawmakers said Monday. A bipartisan agreement on the omnibus spending bill, which funds the government through the start of the next fiscal year, contains no money for Yucca Mountain, Rep. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, said in a… Read more »