Rep. Mikie Sherrill wrote to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy about when he expects to meet needed levels of air traffic controllers for Newark.

The FAA is currently 3,000 controllers shy of its target staffing; the controller in charge when a plane and a helicopter collided in January near the airport named for Reagan was doing double duty.

That effort is hitting a dead end on Capitol Hill: Republicans are warning the White House that it faces tough odds in their ...