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Trump administration cancels mandatory pay hike for Head Start teachers

The Trump administration said it would cancel a rule mandating pay increases for teachers in the Head Start preschool program

Rubio acknowledges 'people are struggling' economically in speech after GOP midterm wipeout

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has acknowledged that Americans are struggling in the current economy

50 years after iconic film, a gathering of ‘Rocky’ fans in Philadelphia breaks a world record

Fans celebrated the legacy of Rocky Balboa 50 years after the film with a record-breaking gathering in Philadelphia

SpaceX’s attempt for a Starship double catch was thwarted when the booster ended up in the gulf

SpaceX's attempt for a Starship double catch was thwarted when the booster ended up in the gulf

Hear How Air Traffic Controllers Grappled With the Ground Stoppage Chaos

ALEXANDER CARDIA, NEIL BEDI AND ROBIN STEIN

Radio conversations gave a glimpse of how air traffic controllers handled the stoppage of air travel across the United States.

Ground Stop Scrambles Travel Plans for Sports Teams Across the Country

MACK LIEDERMAN

Some professional and college sports teams were stuck on runways, or opting to pile into buses, ahead of games this weekend that are now uncertain.

Pilots and Controllers Kept Communicating During Outage

NIRAJ CHOKSHI

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said during the intermittent outage, controllers could still reach pilots.

Longtime Northern California congressman ousted by political newcomer

NICOLE NIXON, KAREN GARCIA

Self-funding political newcomer Eric Jones has edged out longtime Rep. Mike Thompson in the Democrat-on-Democrat race for Northern California's 4th District.

Three men, three agendas: Trump, Putin and Xi will meet in China

MICHAEL WILNER

The competing agendas could make the summit little more than a spectacle, yet still produce images that harken back to the famous Yalta conference of 1945.

Even High-Flying Democrats Found Themselves Grounded in the Mile High City

REID J. EPSTEIN AND LISA LERER

After a nationwide ground stop, several governors and the former secretary of transportation were among those stranded in a Denver hotel bar.

What to Know About Friday’s Nationwide Ground Stop

KAROUN DEMIRJIAN

The air traffic control system’s overloaded, antiquated telecommunications equipment sustained its latest widespread failure, prompting a call for more money to fuel faster upgrades.

A Democrat Wins the Alaska Governor’s Race for the First Time Since 1998

ANNA GRIFFIN

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins made a name for himself as a coalition builder willing to raise alarms about his state’s dire fiscal straits.

What to Know About Friday’s Nationwide Ground Stop

KAROUN DEMIRJIAN

The air traffic control system’s overloaded, antiquated telecommunications equipment sustained its latest widespread failure, prompting a call for more money to fuel faster upgrades.

Democrats try out a strange new emotion at post-midterms What's Next conference — hope

Democrats met for two days in Denver to pore over the results of the midterm elections and emerged feeling pretty good about themselves

The Nvidia scandal is heightening America's AI rivalry with China ahead of Trump's visit

The scandal that led to Jensen Huang's resignation as CEO of Nvidia is threatening to intensify the rivalry between the U.S. and China on artificial intelligence