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Deadline reports that on Friday's episode of Real Time, Bill Maher joked that the cause of recent Federal Aviation Administration problems "could be Selma Blair." The remark came as the FAA lifted its nationwide grounding of thousands of flights, which followed communication issues that kept air traffic controllers from safely doing their jobs.
Variety reports that WME executive chairman Ari Emanuel criticized former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg on X as air traffic nationwide came to a halt Friday afternoon during an FAA ground stop. According to Variety, Emanuel wrote that "no one's hands are clean here" but said Buttigieg had four years in the job and infrastructure money, and the headline quotes him as saying Buttigieg made "zero progress" modernizing the FAA and "left a failing system in place."
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday ordered a nationwide ground stop on departing flights at all U.S. airports "due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety," saying departing traffic should remain grounded until further notice. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the stop followed a communication issue affecting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers and that technicians were investigating.
