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Government Reopens After Record Shutdown. What Comes Next

by Stacy M. Brown November 13, 2025November 13, 2025

After 43 days of frozen services, missed paychecks, and partisan standoff, President Donald Trump signed a funding bill that reopens most of the federal government and keeps it running until Jan. 30, with the promise of back pay for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

Travelers flying in and out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on June 14 are being warned of major disruptions as the Federal Aviation Administration prepares to shut down operations for a military parade marking the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Trump’s Birthday Military Parade to Shut Down Reagan National Airport, Disrupt Travel and Cost Millions

by Stacy M. Brown June 6, 2025June 6, 2025

**FILE** Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., in 2010 (Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

Another Near Miss at Reagan National Stirs Renewed Safety Concerns

by Stacy M. Brown May 5, 2025May 5, 2025

**FILE** Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., in 2010 (Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

Two Planes Clip Wings at Reagan National Airport as Aviation Safety Worries Grow

by Stacy M. Brown April 10, 2025April 10, 2025

F-16 Fighter Jets Cause Sonic Boom Over D.C.

by Stacy M. Brown June 5, 2023June 6, 2023

**FILE** Phil Washington (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Black Mayors Association Back Denver Airport CEO for FAA Administrator

by WI Web Staff November 24, 2022November 25, 2022

Courtesy of aclu.org

FAA Says 3,000 Unruly Passengers Reported So Far This Year

by WI Guest Author June 15, 2021December 21, 2021

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

CHAVIS: Stop the U.S. Congress From Raising Air Travel Taxes

by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis September 11, 2019December 21, 2021

Jan Adams, president of JMA Solutions, does business with the FAA, a rarity for a Black woman. (Rob Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Confidence, Savvy Propels Adams to the Top

by James Wright Jr. April 17, 2019December 21, 2021

A man carries a piece of debris on his head at the crash site of a Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 10, 2019. A Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa on March 10, killing all eight crew and 149 passengers on board, including tourists, business travelers, and "at least a dozen" UN staff. (Michael Tewelde/AFP/Getty Images)

Insufficient Training for Pilots Suspected in Deadly Ethiopian Crash

by WI Guest Author March 12, 2019October 31, 2020