Linda Chiem

The U.S. Department of Transportation cannot condition billions in grants on states cooperating with President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, a Rhode Island federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the administration "blatantly overstepped" its authority by imposing sweeping and unlawful conditions on federally appropriated funds.  

Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico have asked the Eleventh Circuit to freeze a Trump administration order directing them to scuttle their joint venture by Jan. 1, saying their legal challenge should first run its course and that unwinding their complex networks would be "tremendously burdensome."

The Singaporean owner and manager of the container ship that slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and triggered its collapse maintained that South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. should be held accountable in Pennsylvania federal court for designing and building a "fatally flawed" ship.

Airline industry trade groups told the Fifth Circuit that airlines should have the flexibility to assess and respond to passengers' in-flight medical emergencies, not be subjected to a rigid, one-size-fits all rule when there are myriad complicating factors that might influence their response.

Airline industry trade groups told the Fifth Circuit that airlines should have the flexibility to assess and respond to passengers' in-flight medical emergencies, not be subjected to a rigid, one-size-fits all rule when there are myriad complicating factors that might influence their response.

A Senate committee advanced legislation Tuesday that would mandate aircraft-tracking technology in all aircraft, alongside fresh audits of Federal Aviation Administration and military procedures, a response to January's deadly midair collision between a U.S. Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet near Washington, D.C.

New York officials have told a Manhattan federal judge that an amended lawsuit alleging congestion pricing tolls wrongfully discriminate against commercial truckers still doesn't offer any new facts suggesting the tolls are unreasonable or violate federal law, so the lawsuit should be tossed for good.

New York officials have told a Manhattan federal judge that an amended lawsuit alleging congestion pricing tolls wrongfully discriminate against commercial truckers still doesn't offer any new facts suggesting the tolls are unreasonable or violate federal law, so the lawsuit should be tossed for good.

A Chicago damages trial has been set for Nov. 3 for two families forging ahead with wrongful death cases against Boeing over the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 crash of 2019, with three additional cases up next for trial, counsel for the families said Wednesday.

Complex safety certification, technological and other security requirements are among the issues that U.S. regulators must still iron out before a long-awaited new rule allowing drones to fly beyond the sight line of their operators can truly take off, according to drone companies, aviation and other industry groups.