FAA crisis sparks questions over billions allocated to ICENewsweek reports that a nationwide air traffic control outage led Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to ask Congress for $50 billion, prompting Democrats including Senator Brian Schatz to call for redirecting ICE funding, of which about $61 billion remained unobligated. Any such transfer would need congressional authorization, and Democrats may pursue it in January.
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