PETE BUTTIGIEG

Airlines like United and Delta have invested millions into futuristic aircraft as the industry battles rising fuel prices and sustainability concerns

The Iowa caucuses and their outsize importance have largely been an exercise in myth-making.

President Joe Biden signed a bill into law making a rail strike illegal, preventing workers from walking off the job weeks before the holiday season.

Legislation to avert a freight rail strike in the United States is headed to President Joe Biden's desk.

The visit by the French president will include a joint news conference and the first state dinner during Biden's tenure as president.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says congressional intervention is the "best way forward" to prevent a looming rail strike that would cripple the American economy.

The Fox News host, who has made homophobic comments about the transportation secretary in the past, attacked Buttigieg for not coming out earlier.

The holiday travel rush is already on, and it could spread out over more days than usual this year.

Mayor Lightfoot says environmental impact report is a 'key milestone' toward the city’s now $12.1 billion plan to renovate airport.

Tom Williams/GettyRep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), who has made gun ownership and anti-LGBTQ policies a regular part of her MAGA platform, tweeted her thoughts and prayers on Sunday for the victims of the deadly Colorado LGBTQ nightclub shooting. But her sentiments caused outrage in the LGBTQ community, with many calling out her hypocrisy—including Chasten Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s husband, who slammed her on Twitter: “You encourage this type of hatred. Get off Twitter a

Frontier Airlines and five foreign carriers are paying over $600M to consumers whose flights were canceled or delayed.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced action against six airlines but only one is a U.S. carrier; the others are foreign. "It's too little and too late," one consumer advocate says.

Frontier Airlines and four foreign carriers are paying more than $600 million in refunds to consumers whose flights were canceled or significantly delayed since the start of the pandemic.

Frontier Airlines and four foreign carriers have agreed to refund more than $600 million combined to travelers whose trips were canceled or significantly delayed since the start of the pandemic, federal officials said Monday. The U.S. Department of Transportation said it also fined the same airlines more than $7 million for delaying refunds so long that they violated consumer-protection rules. “When Americans buy a ticket on an airline, we expect to get to our destination safely, reliably and affordably, and our job at DOT is to hold airlines accountable for these expectations,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.

The Department of Transportation has sparred with airlines over refund delays and flight disruptions.

Pete Buttigieg is on the campaign trail seeking to build support for Democrats across the country. He joins “Red & Blue” from Las Vegas, Nevada, one day ahead of Election Day to discuss his party’s messaging and his future in the Biden administration.

Republican Don Bolduc is threatening a major upset against Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan. The race is a key bellwether for the midterm elections.

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democrat Mandela Barnes are honing closing arguments in a Wisconsin race that could be critical in which party controls the U.S. Senate.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg talked infrastructure, inflation and election denial during an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Monday night.

The transportation secretary spoke to Stephen Colbert about what it means to live in a democracy.

Two right-wing operatives have pleaded guilty in Cleveland to single felony counts of telecommunications fraud for having placed thousands of hoax robocalls in Ohio during the runup to the 2020 general election.

Stephen Moore joined 'The Faulkner Focus' Monday to weigh in on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg defending the Biden economic policies.

President Biden's economic advisers and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg were pressed on inflation on Sunday as prices remained stubbornly high in September.

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Pete Buttigieg says recession is "possible but not inevitable," adding the Biden administration is working on expanding production capacity in the U.S.

On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, CBS News director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto discusses the latest CBS News Battleground Tracker poll.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg that aired Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, on "Face the Nation."

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan Betsey Stevenson, and more, will appear on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" this Sunday.

Delta Air Lines is posting a $695 million profit for the third quarter, which includes much of the peak summer travel season.

The White House is hosting a summit to help speed up construction projects tied to the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure law.

The Georgia Republican accused the transportation secretary of trying to “emasculate the way we drive” by supporting electric cars.

Under a new federal rule flight attendants will get 10 consecutive hours between trips, the agency said.

Women are gathering across Michigan to strategize how to preserve abortion rights in their state.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg affirms the Biden administration's warning to oil companies and asks for companies to 'be part of the solution' in the wake of Hurrican Ian.

Politico reported on Massachusetts Democrats urging Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to investigate Florida Gov. DeSantis' migrant "stunt."

All 50 states have received final approval to begin construction on a first nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations that places one roughly every 50 miles along interstate highways.

Buttigieg did not come to play.

The proposal comes less than two months after the Transportation Department sought stricter standards for when airlines have to refund travelers for delays.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg returns to the key general election battleground state of New Hampshire on Saturday, to headline a major state Democratic Party fundraising gala

The number of road fatalities fell in the second quarter of 2022, but remain at a 'crisis level' according to government officials tracking the issue.

The number of people killed on U.S. roadways fell slightly from April through June, the first decline in two years.

A legal battle made headlines across the country, in part because the clinic was championed by then-Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, South Bend’s mayor at the time and the current U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was pressed by CNBC's Joe Kernen Friday about the Inflation Reduction Act and its consequences.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who said he would make racial justice a priority in his department's funding, awarded a grant to tear down a controversial roadway in Michigan.

Canceled flights, rail strikes and still-high gas prices are still affecting most Americans, and putting pressure on Biden to act

A plan to dismantle a 1-mile-long depressed freeway that was built in Detroit by demolishing Black neighborhoods 60 years ago is a big winner of federal money.

A long-delayed plan to dismantle Interstate 375, a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) depressed freeway in Detroit that was built by demolishing Black neighborhoods 60 years ago, was a big winner of federal money Thursday, the first Biden administration grant awarded to tear down a racially divisive roadway. It allows Michigan to move forward on its $270 million effort to transform the stretch in Detroit into a street-level boulevard, reconnecting surrounding neighborhoods and adding amenities, such as bike lanes. Black Bottom and Paradise Valley, two of the city's predominantly African American neighborhoods, were razed as part of the 1950s creation of an interstate highway system, displacing 100,000 Black residents and erecting a decades-long barrier between the downtown and communities to the east.

The Democratic Transportation Secretary said at the Detroit Auto Show that he will raise his own little girl to have better values than Maddock has.

When it came time to showcase its electric Chevrolet Equinox SUV to the public this year, General Motors decided against doing so at the big Detroit auto show, as it typically would have done in the past.

A railroad work stoppage could begin late Friday and cost the U.S. economy at least $2 billion daily in lost productivity.

Meshawn Maddock took to Twitter with her distaste of the United States Secretary of Transportation.

The Transportation Department has launched a dashboard to help passengers shop around, just in time for the travel-heavy Labor Day weekend.

The Transportation Department has launched a dashboard to help passengers shop around, just in-time for the travel-heavy Labor Day weekend.

The Department of Transportation has launched a customer service dashboard to help vacationers ahead of the travel-heavy Labor Day weekend.

The plant's site is still undecided, but construction will begin in early 2023, with mass production of advanced cells to start by the end of 2025, the companies said.

The secretary and his husband, Chasten, had previously avoided going into specifics.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sent a letter to airlines last week calling their performance unacceptable.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is telling airlines to do a better job of helping stranded travelers or they will face new regulations.

Airlines are still delaying and canceling flights, as frustrated travelers scramble to make new arrangements.

Hiking and biking trails, pedestrian corridors and vehicle brides are getting an influx of federal funds.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Steve Cliff will be leaving his role as head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Numerous transportation projects across the U.S. will be getting a slice of $2.2 billion of new federal funding.

The federal government is proposing tougher rules for when airlines must give passengers refunds for changing their travel plans.

The DOT logged a surge in complaints about airline refunds since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

The coalition of attorneys is asking the administration for clear guidance not to cooperate with states and localities criminalizing abortion.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) fired back at Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Sunday after the Biden administration official called out the Florida senator for saying that legislation protecting same-sex marriage would be a “stupid waste of time.” Rubio, in a 58-second long video on Twitter, called Buttigieg a “Harvard-educated Transportation secretary” who he said didn’t know the difference between state and…

Political divides in the U.S. seem deeper than ever, but one of the few shared sentiments right now from voters of all stripes is the desire for something different.

Rep. Troy Nehls noted Biden's fall while cycling, to which Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said: "I’m glad to have a president who can ride a bicycle."

The summer is off to a profitable start for Delta Air Lines.

The Biden administration says it'll spend nearly $1 billion to upgrade airports around the country.

The fireworks are still a few days away, but travel for the July Fourth weekend is off to a booming start.

If you're flying this holiday weekend, be prepared for crowded airports, full planes, and higher-than-normal chances that your flight will be delayed or even canceled.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is launching a $1 billion pilot program aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects.

With an eye on the upcoming July Fourth weekend, airlines are stepping up their criticism of federal officials over recent widespread flight delays and cancellations.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says he's pushing airlines to hire more customer-service agents and take other steps to help travelers this summer.

It's turning into another difficult day for airline travelers in the United States.

Airlines are canceling more than 1,500 flights across the U.S. in one of the worst days yet in the summer travel season.

President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden host a reception celebrating Pride Month at the White House.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order to stymie what the White House says are discriminatory legislative attacks on the LGBTQ community by Republican-controlled states.

Iowa Democrats are hoping to salvage their leadoff presidential selection position with two key changes to increase participation and avoid the chaos that marred their 2020 caucuses.

Black communities have been hit especially hard amid a national surge in traffic fatalities.

Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year.

Upcoming data shows traffic deaths soaring in the U.S. The Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid to cities and localities to address the growing crisis.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the administration's Trucking Action Plan and how it will help supply chains, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg also delivers remarks.

New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026 under new rules unveiled by the government.

U.S. officials are adopting a long delayed rule aimed at reducing deaths and environmental damage from oil and gas pipeline ruptures.

Politicians and friends are fondly remembering Don Young.

Several congressional Democrats are raising doubts about the proposed merger of Frontier and Spirit airlines.

Social media users are suggesting soaring fuel prices in the U.S. are part of a government scheme to get drivers into electric vehicles.

Public transit systems straining to win back riders after being crushed by the COVID-19 pandemic are getting a $3.7 billion boost to help stay afloat and invest in electric buses.

Vice President Kamala Harris is in Selma, Alabama, to mark the anniversary of a defining moment in the fight for equal voting rights.

The federal government has a new warning to states seeking billions of dollars from President Joe Biden’s infrastructure law to widen roads: You must protect the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists or risk losing the money.

Clogged U.S. ports are being given access to nearly $450 million in federal money from President Joe Biden’s infrastructure law.

States are getting the go-ahead to build a nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations that would place new or upgraded stations every 50 miles along interstate highways.

Drivers, beware: Speed cameras may be on their way to a location near you thanks to President Joe Biden’s infrastructure law.

The airline that flew a load of monkeys to the U.S. who were later involved in a highway wreck says it will stop this shipments this month.

The government has reported that U.S. traffic deaths surged in the first nine months of 2021 to 31,720, keeping up a record pace of increased dangerous driving during the pandemic.

Florida Republicans want to forbid discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity in schools.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is pledging to tackle a rising U.S. epidemic of car fatalities.

New 5G wireless service is up and running in the United States, with little of the feared disruption to air travel.