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This Dec. 12, 2018, file photo shows traffic on the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles. The Trump administration announced new fuel efficiency standards on March 31, 2020, that roll back the aggressive plans made by the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) **FILE**

Trump administration officially rolls back Obama's fuel efficiency rules

In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020, file photo, American Airlines jets sit idly at their gates as a jet arrives at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

American Airlines to seek $12B in government aid as coronavirus crisis hits travel industry

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as he speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump calls for 'big and bold' $2 trillion infrastructure bill for fourth coronavirus aid plan

This Dec. 12, 2018, file photo shows traffic on the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Trump administration to release final rule on mileage rollback

In this Nov. 15, 2019, file photo an Uber office is seen in Secaucus, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Uber asks Trump to ensure stimulus benefits its drivers during coronavirus outbreak

In this Nov. 11, 2014, file photo, Ron Hudgins welds a 2015 Ford F-150 cab at the Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ** FILE **

Ford teaming up with 3M, GE Health on production of ventilators, masks

Vueling Airlines planes sit parked in a line at the Seville, Spain airport on Saturday, March 21, 2020, idled due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti)

Air Canada lays off 5,000; France tries to save food supply

President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Friday, March 20, 2020, in Washington. From left, Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Pompeo and White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

State Dept. seeks help from Pentagon, commercial airlines to fly Americans home amid coronavirus

In this June 10, 2011, file photo former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks during the dedication of Boeing Co.'s $750 million final assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C. Haley has resigned, Thursday, March 19, 2020, from the board of Boeing Co., cutting ties with a company she long supported as South Carolina governor because of her opposition to a bailout of the airplane manufacturer that is in the works amid the growing coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, file)

Nikki Haley resigns from Boeing board over opposition to coronavirus bailout

Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md., confirms his state's first case of coronavirus in this file photo from a news conference Friday, March 6, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) ** FILE **

Md. Gov. Larry Hogan limits access to BWI Airport, MARC, Metro and Amtrak over coronavirus

The DC Circulator bus is shown in this file photo from Wednesday, October 4, 2006. ( Daniel Rosenbaum / The Washington Times ) **FILE**

DDOT suspends fares for D.C. Circulator

Hashtag image courtesy of the American Trucking Association.

#ThankATrucker hashtag emerges to laud American truckers during coronavirus crisis

In this April 13, 2018, photo, a Delta Air Lines plane takes off above a taxiing Alaska Airlines airplane at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. U.S. airlines are asking the federal government for grants, loans and tax relief that could easily top $50 billion to help them recover from a sharp downturn in travel due to the new coronavirus. Airlines for America, the trade group representing the carriers, posted its request for financial help on Monday, March 16, 2020, just as more airlines around the world were announcing ever-deeper cuts in service and, in some cases, layoffs. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) **FILE**

Airlines seeking $50B in government aid for coronavirus outbreak

In this image from video, provided by the California National Guard, a helicopter carrying airmen with the 129th Rescue Wing flies over the Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of California Thursday, March 5, 2020. Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast Thursday until passengers and crew can be tested, after a traveler from its previous voyage died of the disease and at least two others became infected. Airmen lowered test kits onto the 951-foot (290-meter) Grand Princess by rope as the vessel lay at anchor off Northern California, and authorities said the results would be available on Friday. Princess Cruise Lines said fewer than 100 people aboard had been identified for testing. (California National Guard via AP)

21 positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off California

Workers wearing protective gears spray disinfectant inside a plane for New York as a precaution against the new coronavirus at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The coronavirus epidemic shifted increasingly westward toward the Middle East, Europe and the United States on Tuesday, with governments taking emergency steps to ease shortages of masks and other supplies for front-line doctors and nurses. (Suh Myoung-geon/Yonhap via AP)

Trump huddles with airlines on coronavirus, highlights domestic travel

In a Monday, April 5, 2004, file photo, riders wait to board an arriving train at the D.C. Metro Center, in Washington. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File) **FILE**

Metro riders speak out against route cuts, fare hikes

A Metro train arrives at the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Bowser pushes for late-night Metro to boost D.C. economy

This Jan. 27, 2020, file photo shows a General Motors logo at the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich. GM is pulling out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand as part of a strategy to exit markets that don't produce adequate returns on investments, the company said in a statement Sunday, Feb. 17. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

GM plans to pull out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand

In this July 2, 2018, file photo, traffic moves on the old Gerald Desmond Bridge next to its replacement bridge under construction in Long Beach, Calif. President Donald Trump pronounced himself eager to work with Congress on a plan to rebuild America's crumbling roads and bridges, but offered no specifics during his State of the Union speech on what kind of deal he would back. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

House Republican floats new tax as opening bid to spark infrastructure bill

President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed at preventing an electronic disruption of systems that rely on accurate precision, navigation and timing. (Associated Press/File)

Trump bolsters targeting technology

This undated image provided by Nuro in February 2020 shows their self-driving vehicle "R2" carrying bags of groceries. On Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted temporary approval for Silicon Valley robotics company Nuro to the a low-speed autonomous delivery vehicle, without side and rear-view mirrors and other safety provisions required of vehicles driven by humans. (Nuro via AP)

U.S. agency approves vehicle designed not to have human driver

President Donald Trump points after signing a new North American trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, during an event at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump visiting Michigan to highlight trade deal as big win for U.S. auto manufacturers

A man wears a masks following the outbreak of a new virus as people arrive from the International terminal at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. A Toronto hospital said Saturday it has a confirmed case of the deadly virus from China, Canada's first. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre said it is "caring for a patient who has a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China." (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

More airlines suspend China flights in wake of coronavirus

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ** FILE **

House Democrats unveil five-year $760 billion infrastructure plan; payment still a question

Mark Reuss, President, General Motors speaks at the GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich., Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. General Motors is spending $2.2 billion to refurbish the underused factory so it can build a series of electric and self-driving vehicle. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

GM to invest $2.2B in Detroit to build electric vehicles

Smoke rises from the charred remains of a helicopter on the side of a hill in Calabasas, Calif. where NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant was killed on Sunday Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Kobe Bryant's helicopter flew in fog that grounded other choppers; NTSB investigating

In this Sept. 20, 2017, file photo, Oscar the cat sits in his carry on travel bag after arriving at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Airlines might soon be able to turn away cats, rabbits and all animals other than dogs that passengers try to bring with them in the cabin. The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, announced plans to tighten rules around service animals. The biggest change would be that only dogs could qualify. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

U.S. seeks to tighten rules covering service animals on planes

In this Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, photo, a worker monitors display screens for infrared thermometers as they check travelers at Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan in southern China's Hubei province. The U.S. on Tuesday reported its first case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who returned last week from the outbreak's epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle. (Chinatopix via AP)

Chinese city stops outbound flights, trains to fight virus

In this Sept. 14, 1999, file photo, Japanese car builder Toyota displays its latest version of the Celica at the Frankfurt international car fair, IAA. (AP Photo/Bernd Kammerer, File)

Air bag woes force Honda, Toyota to recall 6M vehicles

In this Jan. 23, 2019, photo employees walk up a ramp toward a ramp where a United Airlines jet is parked at a gate Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. United Airlines reports financial results on Tuesday, July 16. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Man facing charges after reportedly ramming cockpit door, attacking flight attendant

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