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The unidentified woman was filmed verbally abusing an airline's staff at the counter after she reportedly missed her flight. 'Get me the f*** up on the next flight you motherf****rs!' she is heard yelling before she demanded to speak to secretary of transportation Pete Buttigieg. She repeatedly screamed: 'Call Pete Buttigieg right now to handle the TSA! 'Call that motherf***** right now! That useless motherf*****' The woman then slammed her fist on the counter, sparking laughter from one of the employees. Despite the woman's aggression, the airline's employees appeared to laugh at her antics throughout the ordeal.

The new rules, which have been nearly three years in the works, will require airlines to provide automatic refunds within a few days of a flight being cancelled or a 'significant' delay. In a major change for consumers, the regulations will classify a 'significant' delay as lasting at least three hours for domestic flights and six hours for international routes. Under current rules, airlines can set their own standards for what kind of flight change warrants a refund - giving them much more wiggle room. The changes aim to cut out the often-long and frustrating process customers are forced to go through to get a refund, which can involve waiting hours on the phone or filing out 'cumbersome' digital paperwork.

Social media erupted with criticism after Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg claimed he felt safe enough in his Washington, D.C. neighborhood to walk his dog to the U.S. Capitol.

Social media erupted with criticism after Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg claimed he felt safe enough in his Washington, D.C. neighborhood to walk his dog to the U.S. Capitol. Buttigieg attempted to downplay rising crime in the nation's capital and said he has seen violent crime decrease since living in D.C. But 2023 saw the largest-ever crime stats in the District with a whopping 39 percent uptick in violent crime from the year prior and an overall 26 percent increase.

People who don't want to buy electric cars in the 2000s ridiculed Pete Buttigieg, who claimed that they are the same as people who didn't want to buy cell phones.

It comes as at least eight states run by Democrats in a similar vein to Pete Buttigieg's are likely to outlaw non-electric vehicles by 2032. Buttigieg was speaking on Fox News on Tuesday afternoon when he was asked about a decrease in Tesla and electric vehicle sales in general, despite Biden's administration's efforts to discourage them. 'The automotive industry is moving toward EVs,' He said, and we can't pretend otherwise.' Whenever these discussions occur, I always think it's the early 2000s, and I'm talking to some people who simply agree that we will have landline phones forever.'

Democrats in Maryland are chastising Republicans who blame diversity, equity, and representation (DEI) policies for the Francis Scott Key Bridge's demise. Gov. John Kerry on Saturday: Wes Moore, 45, said he had "no time" to respond to those who claim that DEI somehow caused the ship to crash into a vital building support and destroy a substantial portion of the 1.6-mile bridge on March 26. In the meantime, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Sunday that there is still no estimate on the timeframe for restoring the critical bridge after its tragic demise.

As they strive to reopen the port in Baltimore, construction workers have begun to dismantle the defunct Francis Scott Key Bridge. After a ship crashed into a support column, crews were reportedly trying to cut and remove sections of the bridge and eventually the containership, which resulted in the wreckage. The National Transportation Safety Board has classified eight other bridges around the country with a similar 180-foot clearance as 'fracture sensitive.' They include the George Washington Bridge in New York and New Jersey, as well as San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.

Just weeks before a similar situation in the United States resulted in the deadly Baltimore bridge disaster, a cruise ship suffered a blackout in Sydney Harbour. On February 28, the MS Borealis, a 238-meter cruise liner, sailed out from Sydney's White Bay Cruise Terminal in Rozelle. As it negotiated the western channel near South Head around 11 p.m., the ship lost power about 50 minutes after passing underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

1.26AM: Bridge workers get the mayday over their radios and begin to close the road immediately. There is no time to warn the building workers. 1.27 AM: A plume of thick black smoke billows from the top of the Dali as it approaches the bridge. Giorgio Comninos has awakened in his bed at 1.30 a.m. He lives in the immediate area and hears a deafening rumble. The sounds, according to him, are either an earthquake or low-flying military aircraft.

According to a port employee, the Dali container ship that smashed into the Key Bridge had a "severe electrical breakdown" when docked in Baltimore days before. According to Julie Mitchell, co-administrator of Container Royalty, a ship that monitors cargo, the ship was anchored at the port for two days before.

The Port of Baltimore is suspended indefinitely until the 1.6-mile Francis Scott Key Bridge, which may take two months, is cleared from the Patapsco River. At least a dozen large ships were stranded in the Chesapeake Bay, waiting for confirmation of which port they should be rerouted to, according to photographs. According to the Maryland Government, the port earns $2.6 billion in gross income, $3.3 billion in wages, and almost $400 million in taxes per year. Experts predicted that more than $30 million in local economic activity would be lost if the port remains closed for every day. Last year, Baltimore handled 52.3 million tons of foreign cargo worth $80.8 billion, ranked ninth in the United States for both metrics and records for the port.

When Dali's massive container ship slammed into Baltimore's Key bridge, it had 4,700 containers on board. When asked how long it would take to replace it, Buttigieg said at the White House that it took five years to build the bridge. That didn't necessarily mean it would take that long, according to him. He also couldn't give a time estimate for reopening Baltimore Harbor, which is also closed due to the destruction of the city.

If an inquiry finds there are particular entities or people responsible for the Baltimore bridge disaster, Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that there would be 'accountability'.

According to Clay Diamond, executive director of the American Pilots Association, the pilot quickly gave out a series of orders to try to prevent the disaster. These included dropping the anchor and attempting to steer the ship around, as well as ordering the dispatch office to shut down traffic to the bridge. The ship's extreme size and closeness to the bridge gave there no hope of preventing the catastrophic collision near the bridge.

If an inquiry finds there are particular entities or individuals responsible for the Baltimore bridge disaster, Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that there will be 'accountability.' The Transportation Secretary's pledge came after President Joe Biden vowed that the federal government would fund the bill for reconstruction. A container shipping container vessel crashed into one of its support structures shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, partially, the 1.6-mile bridge partially collapsed.

According to one industry official in the minutes before collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the 948ft Dali, a Singaporean-flagged container ship, had a complete blackout. The cause of the accident was unclear, according to Clay Diamond, executive director of the American Pilots Association, although backup generators had arrived. Despite this, the propulsion system remained offline, and the pilot in command ordered the ship to be turned around and for the port anchor to be dropped to slow the ship.

The six construction crew members were thrown into the frigid waters of the Patapsco River when a container ship collided with the bridge they were on, and were on their break when it occurred. Miguel Luna, 49, a native of El Salvador and Maynor Suazo, 37, a native of Honduras, was on the graveyard shift with the remainder of their Hispanic crew when the Dali ship lost propulsion and caused the demise of Baltimore's iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge. Luna spent 19 years in the United States, Suazo for 18 years. Both of them are fathers.

Investigators looking for answers after the Francis Scott Key Bridge was rammed by a container in the early hours of Tuesday are considering the possibility that dirty fuel may have caused the deadly fire. According to a shocking new Wall Street Journal survey, naval architect Fotis Pagoulatos said that blackouts, such as the one suffered by the Dali in the lead-up to the disaster, are extremely dangerous on ships. The Dali suffered a loss in propulsion, which led to steering problems in the lead-up to the disaster that caused the iconic bridge to collapse like a 'house of cards,' according to reports.'

On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg promised that the federal government will rebuild the defunct Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, branding it a "cathedral" of American infrastructure.

Teams can be seen inspecting the Singaporean-flagged Deli after it collided with the bridge on Tuesday morning, causing Baltimore's Key Bridge to collapse. The vessel's bow can be seen embedded with the thorns of the 1.6 mile-long bridge. As they search for those people injured in the disaster, teams flash lights around the flooded waters.

Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, is embroiled in an online battle with Chaya Raichik, the maker of Libs of TikTok. Raichik was elected to a Oklahoma school library committee, where Buttigieg chastised her for lacking education credentials and living more than 1,500 miles away in California. He emphasized the danger of naming people with anti-LGBTQ+ views to educational policy positions. Raichik retaliated, naming him as a "child groomer" and posting a video from an Amazon Prime documentary in which Buttigieg led a pledge to LGBTQ pride. The exchange has sparked concerns about Raichik's suitability for her new position, with commentators describing her as a "internet troll."

President Joe Biden's "ideas" ages are more relevant than his chronological age, according to Pete Buttigieg. The Transportation Secretary defended the 81-year-old president against charges that challenged his age and fitness for office, saying that his policies and priorities are in line with the younger generation. Buttigieg referred to Biden's perspective on climate change, protecting LGBTQ rights, and restoring abortion coverage around the world.

On a hot mic discussing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Joe Biden said the two men will have to attend a 'come to Jesus meeting'.' As he was speaking with Colorado Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Biden made the remarks on the Senate floor on Thursday night following his State of the Union address. The incident was another sign of Biden's growing dissatisfaction with Netanyahu, as the president comes under growing pressure from within and outside to learn more about the Palestinian people's humanitarian crisis.