The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it will propose flight cuts at Newark Liberty International Airport, citing air traffic controller staffing, runway construction and equipment issues. "The airport clearly is unable to handle the current level of scheduled operations,

Airline chief executives are poised to work with US aviation officials to throttle back more Newark airport flights, a fix that may ease short-term safety concerns but won’t solve long-term challenges.

FAA equipment failures and air traffic controller staffing shortages have sparked hundreds of flight disruptions in recent weeks. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy last week unveiled a sweeping plan to modernize U.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody on Friday outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) detention center, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba said on social media.

An immigration detention center in New Jersey is at the center of tensions between three congressional Democrats and the Trump administration after the arrest of Newark’s mayor outside the facility