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In this March 11, 2019, file photo, Gary Jones, president of the United Auto Workers union, addresses delegates to the union's bargaining convention in Detroit. In recent years, Detroit automakers have been at relative peace with the UAW union because times have been good and profit-sharing checks have been fat. That all could change this week when talks open Monday, July 15, on new four-year contracts with the union representing 142,000 workers across the nation. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Auto workers union, Detroit 3 at odds as contract talks open

An Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft arriving from Toronto prepares to land at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, British Columbia on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau says "all options are on the table" with regard to the country's fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft but says the government currently has no plans to order the grounding of the plane. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

'Blood everywhere': 37 injured, 9 seriously, in Air Canada flight turbulence

In this image made from video from Geo Tv, shows volunteers working at a train crash site in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan, Thursday, July 11, 2019. A passenger train rammed into a freight train in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least many people and injuring others, an official said. (Geo Tv via AP)

Train collision in Pakistan kills at least 16

In this April 27, 1966, file photo, Volkswagen workers drive their Beetle cars from the parking lot on their way home at the end of the workday at the world's largest single auto plant, the Volkswagen factory (seen in background) in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its Beetle model in July 2019 at its plant in Puebla, Mexico, the end of the road for a vehicle that has symbolized many things over a history spanning eight decades since 1938. (AP Photo, file)

From Nazis to hippies: End of the road for Volkswagen Beetle

In this June 25, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. More than 20 state governors are backing California leaders in a showdown with the Trump administration over mileage standards. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

23 U.S. governors join Calif. in opposing Trump mileage freeze

CSX Transportation is one of seven Class 1 freight train firms with annual operating revenues of $450 million or more. Despite a report of longer trains creating lengthy railroad crossings, CSX states that longer trains are a "tried and proven way to increase efficiency." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Longer freight trains create delays, safety concerns

In this Feb. 5, 2018, file photo a Boeing 737 MAX 7, the newest version of Boeing's fastest-selling airplane, is displayed during a debut for employees and media of the new jet in Renton, Wash. Boeing says it's providing $100 million over several years to help families and communities affected by two crashes of its 737 Max plane that killed 346 people. The company said Wednesday, July 3, 2019, that some of the money will go toward living expenses and to cover hardship suffered by the families of dead passengers. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Boeing to pay $100 million to families of crash victims, communities

In this file photo dated Tuesday, June 5, 2018, a plane takes off over a road sign near Heathrow Airport in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Body found in London garden fell from Heathrow-bound plane

In this Jan. 6, 2010, file photo, a TSA employee being trained in behavioral pattern recognition watches passengers in line at a security checkpoint at Logan International Airport in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

TSA sending 650 airport screeners to U.S.-Mexico border

This Sunday, June 23, 2019, photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows NTSB investigator Eliott Simpson briefing NTSB Board Member Jennifer Homendy at the scene of the Hawaii skydiving crash in Oahu, Hawaii. No one aboard survived the crash, which left a small pile of smoky wreckage near the chain link fence surrounding Dillingham Airfield about an hour north of Honolulu. (National Transportation Safety Board via AP)

Skydiver of previous wreck on Hawaii plane 'extremely upset'

In this June 11, 2011, file photo, former Capt. Chesley &quot;Sully&quot; Sullenberger talks to the media in front of the US Airways flight 1549 aircraft at the Carolina Aviation Museum in Charlotte, N.C. The president of the pilots' union at American Airlines says Boeing made mistakes in its design of the 737 Max and not telling pilots about new flight-control software on the plane. Sullenberger, the captain who safely landed a disabled jetliner on the Hudson River in 2009, is also expected to testify. He has said that Boeing was more focused on protecting its product, the Max, than protecting the people who use it. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Pilots criticize Boeing for mistakes on its grounded jet

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, French Defense Minister Florence Parly, left, and Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, attend the 53rd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, Monday, June 17, 2019. The world's aviation elite are gathering at the Paris Air Show with safety concerns on many minds after two crashes of the popular Boeing 737 Max. (Benoit Tessier/Pool via AP)

Boeing says 'very sorry' for Max crashes, seeking renewed trust

In this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo, candidate U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney stands at the podium during a debate by the Democratic candidates for New York State Attorney General at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. (Holly Pickett/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File) ** FILE **

Rep. Sean Maloney to probe reports Elaine Chao uses Cabinet post to benefit family

In this photo taken from video, first responders arrive near the scene where a helicopter was reported to have crash landed on top of a building in midtown Manhattan, Monday, June 10, 2019, in New York. (WABC via AP)

Helicopter crashes into roof of NYC skyscraper; pilot killed, no other injuries reported

In this Feb. 2, 2016, file photo, a detainee is seen in the communal area inside Camp 6 in the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ben Fox) ** FILE **

House panel bans new detainees from entering Gitmo, blocks new construction

Travelers pass through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport, Friday, May 27, 2016, in Chicago. Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer vacations for many and a busy travel period, serves as a crucial test for the TSA. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Woman sues TSA over strip search: 'It was horrific'

A super slim skyscraper at 432 Park Avenue competes with the Empire State building as it juts above the Manhattan skyline as seen from the One World Observatory, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

New Uber helicopter service to launch July in NYC

In this March 27, 2019, file photo, a woman receives a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y., north of New York City. On Wednesday, June 5, 2019, federal health officials updated the U.S. measles case count, saying 1,001 illnesses have been reported since the beginning of the year. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Health officials warn of possible measles exposure at Dulles International Airport

Experts say politicians, financiers and the general public believe that investing more in infrastructure like highways and bridges benefits everyone. But alarm bells continue to ring over inaction at the federal level, especially over the lack of a long-term plan. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

U.S. cities, states not waiting for federal officials to address infrastructure fixes

Trump deletes tweet botching disaster relief bill's progress; Dems mock his mistake

In this June 26, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Supreme Court rejects appeal to run Prophet Muhammad ads on D.C. Metro system

Impeachment not Democratic voters' top concern

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks before signing auto insurance legislation on Thursday, May 30, 2019, at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Mich. Whitmer signed the overhaul of Michigan's car insurance system that will let drivers forego unlimited medical benefits to cover crash injuries in which she declared it an &quot;historic day&quot; because the cost of auto insurance will go down. (AP Photo/David Eggert)

Michigan governor signs overhaul to cut high auto premiums

In this April 10, 2019, file photo, a Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane being built for India-based Jet Airways lands following a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle. Boeing 737 MAX jets will remain grounded until at least mid-August, the International Air Transport Association said on May 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Boeing 737 MAX jets won't return to the air until at least August, IATA says

New auto giant? Fiat Chrysler wants to merge with Renault

In this Oct. 15, 2010, file photo, a miner stands in front of the drill machine "Sissi" after it broke through the rock at the final section Faido-Sedrun, at the construction site of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel. With a length of 57 km (35 miles) crossing the Alps, the world's longest train tunnel should become operational at the end of 2017. (AP Photo/Christian Hartmann, Pool, File)

Tunnel vision: Financial guru bullish on massive project stifled by North Korea's nuclear crisis

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2019, to attend a campaign rally in Montoursville, Pa. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump tells Democrats to approve trade deal before he'll agree on infrastructure

"So if $2 trillion is so easy to get a hold of, we should probably get a hold of it and fill the budget gaps that we have today," said Rep. Rob Woodall, Georgia Republican. (Associated Press)

Top Republican skeptical of Trump $2 trillion infrastructure plan

President Donald Trump gives thumbs up after arriving on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, May 17, 2019, in Washington. Trump is returning from a trip to New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump to lift steel, aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico

President Donald Trump speaks about modernizing the immigration system in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 16, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump delays decision on tariffs for imported autos, car parts

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