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Defense Bill Will Make D.C. Skies Less Safe, N.T.S.B. Chair Says

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Karoun Demirjian
The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board warned that a provision in the new defense bill would worsen the risk of midair collisions near the Washington-area airport where a deadly crash in January killed 67 people.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Jennifer Homendy, the N.T.S.B. chair, said she would be concerned about the safety of flying in Washington’s airspace if the provision became law.

Nursing Home Owners Pocketed Millions as Patients Suffered, Report Says

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Camille Baker
As the owners intentionally understaffed two New Jersey facilities and diverted Medicaid money for their own use, residents in the homes “suffered unnecessarily,” the state comptroller said.

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The owners of the Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare and Deptford Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare were accused of purposely understaffing the homes.

Ethics Agency Says Bryan Bedford, FAA Chief, Didn’t Divest Republic Airways Holdings

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Karoun Demirjian
The Office of Government Ethics told senators that Bryan Bedford, the F.A.A. administrator, did not divest from the airline he previously ran as he had agreed.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Bryan Bedford was the chairman and chief executive of Republic Airways before being confirmed as the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this year.

What Could Thwart the Texas G.O.P. From Picking Up 5 House Seats in Midterm Elections

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J. David Goodman
Republicans redid their voting map so they could flip five seats to help keep control of the U.S. House. But achieving that goal is far from guaranteed.

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Downtown Seguin in Texas’ 35th Congressional District, part of the new voting map that state lawmakers adopted. The district is expected to be closely contested in next year’s midterms.

Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks

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Hiroko Tabuchi
A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen.

© Meridith Kohut for The New York Times

Between one to five billion pounds of formaldehyde is produced in the United States each year for a wide range of industries and products, including composite wood and other building materials, plastics, pesticides and even some hair straightening treatments.
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